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Reflections on Opera

Posted on April 18, 2018 by leslie

Reflections on Opera What Opera Means: Categories and Case-Studies, Christopher Wintle, edited by Kate Hopkins, Boydell & Brewer, 2018, 288 pp, pb., £15.99, reviewed by STODDARD MARTIN Books on opera abound. Books on Wagner, alone, are said to be as … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse, When?

Posted on March 16, 2018 by leslie

Apocalypse, When? Pentti Linkola, Can Life Prevail?, 2011, Arktos Media, 204pp. trans. Eetu Rautio, hardback, £28, ISBN 1907166637, reviewed by Ed Dutton Every Finnish academic seems to have heard of Pentti Linkola (b. 1932), but he’s almost unknown outside the country’s … Continue reading →

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Class Act

Posted on February 27, 2018 by leslie

Class Act EVELYN WAUGH: A Life Revisited, Philip Eade, 2017, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £10.99, reviewed by STODDARD MARTIN Middle class folk beyond a certain age in Britain and its cultural tributaries may recall a social order so cleverly depicted by … Continue reading →

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The Revision, Revised Again

Posted on February 25, 2018 by leslie

The Revision, Revised Again THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT, eds., D. Jongkind, P. J. Williams et al., produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge; published by Crossway and Cambridge University Press (2017), Pp. 526 I Every critical Greek New Testament must satisfy two … Continue reading →

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A Donald, for the Educated Reader

Posted on February 24, 2018 by leslie

A Donald, for the Educated Reader Jordan B. Peterson (2018), 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Allen Lane, 409pp. hardback, £20, reviewed by Dr Ed Dutton   The Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson exploded onto the mainstream in the … Continue reading →

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Smart Lad Wanted

Posted on February 18, 2018 by leslie

Smart Lad Wanted Zac versus Sadiq: The Fight to become London Mayor, Dave Hill, Double Q books, 2016, 256 pp, £6, isbn 978-1-911079-20-0 2016, reviewed by Monty Skew Dave Hill is the veteran Guardian writer and commentator who describes the … Continue reading →

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In House

Posted on December 12, 2017 by leslie

In House The English Country House: from the Archives of Country Life, Rizzoli, 2017, ISBN 978-0-8478-3057-2, £50, reviewed by Angela-Ellis Jones ‘The English country house is an extraordinary phenomenon that lies at the very heart of England’s history and cultural … Continue reading →

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M.L. West, Cementing a Legacy

Posted on December 10, 2017 by leslie

M.L.West, Cementing a Legacy M.L. West, ed., Homerus Odyssea, Berlin/Boston, Walter de Gruyter, 2017, Pp. LXII, 519 One hundred and fifty years ago, German academics were strides ahead of their non-Teutonic, classicist peers. Since then, a text-critical revolution has occurred: a … Continue reading →

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Oakeshott’s World View, Part 3

Posted on December 4, 2017 by leslie

Oakeshott’s World View, Part 3 Noel O’Sullivan (ed), The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-western Thought, Imprint Academic, 2017; £19.95; pbk; 197 pages, reviewed in three parts by ALLAN POND [This collection includes some of the papers given … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing Darwin

Posted on December 2, 2017 by leslie

 Deconstructing Darwin Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker by A.N. Wilson, published by John Murray, 2017, £25, hardback, reviewed by Gerry Dorrian Some of literature’s most unreliable narrators can be found in the field of biography. How appropriate, then, that A.N. Wilson devotes much … Continue reading →

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