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Home is over Jordan

Posted on March 25, 2021 by leslie

Home is over Jordan Failed Führers ; A History of Britain’s Extreme Right, Graham Macklin, Routledge, London & New York, 2020, reviewed by Leslie Jones Introduction Failed Führers presents portraits in writing of ‘six principal idealogues and leaders’ from an … Continue reading →

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The Gods of Ancient Greece

Posted on December 7, 2020 by leslie

The Gods of Ancient Greece Albert Henrichs, Greek Myth and Religion: Collected Papers II, Ed., Harvey Yunis, De Gruyter, 2019, Pp.i-xxxvi, 1-606, reviewed by DARRELL SUTTON Albert Henrichs (1942-2017), Eliot Professor of Greek Literature at Harvard University, was unselfish with … Continue reading →

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Architect of Final Victory

Posted on October 23, 2020 by leslie

Architect of Final Victory HALDANE, THE FORGOTTEN STATESMAN WHO SHAPED MODERN BRITAIN, by John Campbell, Hurst Publishers, ISBN 978-1-78738-311-1, £30, reviewed by ANGELA ELLIS-JONES He has never featured in popular lists of Great Britons, and no statue of him has been erected. … Continue reading →

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Cesare Bourgeois

Posted on September 16, 2020 by leslie

Cesare Bourgeois John Gooch, Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943, Allen Lane, London, 2020, maps, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index, pp.vii-xxiv + pp.1-410, ISBN 978-0-241-18570-4, review essay by Frank Ellis Fidarsi è bene, ma non fidarsi è meglio … Continue reading →

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Selected Correspondence of Ronald Syme

Posted on August 21, 2020 by leslie

Selected Correspondence of Ronald Syme ANTHONY R. BIRLEY, THE SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF RONALD SYME 1927-1939, History of Classical Scholarship, 2020, Pp. 211, reviewed by Darrell Sutton It is the opinion of many eminent classicists that Sir Ronald Syme (1903-1989) forged new … Continue reading →

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Against the Wind

Posted on July 25, 2020 by leslie

Against the Wind Memoirs of a Dissident Psychologist, Richard Lynn, Ulster Institute for Social Research, 2020, reviewed by Ed Dutton  At 90 years of age, Richard Lynn is the doyen of differential psychology. His findings on national and race differences … Continue reading →

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Fear of Frying

Posted on July 8, 2020 by leslie

Fear of Frying Dresden, the Fire and the Darkness, Sinclair McKay, Viking (imprint of Penguin Books), 2020, reviewed by Leslie Jones “Man is at bottom a savage, horrible beast”, Arthur Schopenhauer Historian James Holland, a ubiquitous presence on television programmes … Continue reading →

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Pedal Power

Posted on June 13, 2020 by leslie

Pedal Power The Vice of Kings: how Socialism, Occultism and the Sexual Revolution Engineered a Culture of Abuse, Jasun Horsley, London, Aeon Books, 2019, 323pp., reviewed by Ed Dutton When ‘national treasure’ Jimmy Savile died in 2011, copious revelations emerged about … Continue reading →

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Word Up

Posted on June 11, 2020 by leslie

Word Up Bernd U Schipper, Proverbs 1-15, Fortress Press, 2019, Pp. i-xxvi, 1-579, reviewed by Darrell Sutton Paremiology is the branch of study that delves into the compilation of proverbs. By far the most popular wise words from antiquity are … Continue reading →

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A Light, Shining in Darkness

Posted on May 24, 2020 by leslie

A Light, Shining in Darkness Alexandra Popoff, Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019, pp. ix-xi + pp. 1-326 + notes, photos, bibliography, index, ISBN 978-0-300-22278-4, reviewed by Frank Ellis I begin with … Continue reading →

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