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ENDNOTES, January 2016
ENDNOTES, January 2016 In this edition: Tribute to Pierre Boulez * Brahms at the Barbican * Romantic English violin concertos from Tasmin Little * Enescu chamber works The classical music world was in mourning earlier this month with the announcement … Continue reading
Et in Akkadia Ego
Et in Akkadia Ego Four Poems on antiquity by Darrell Sutton, plus commentaries The World’s Oldest Literature (2010) by W.W. Hallo is a title of a book of studies of Sumerian texts, and an answer to the age-old query, “which … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Matters, Poetry, QR Home
Tagged Akkad, Hittites, Lucretius, Sargon
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Panama City
Panama City Bill Hartley savours the sights Panama City is all about business and that business can be seen out in the bay as the queue of ships moves towards the canal. By nine in the morning those on the … Continue reading
The Dilemma of Hypermodernity, part two
The Dilemma of Hypermodernity, part two Mark Wegierski continues his analysis Apart from the ever-present (and multifarious) possibilities for self-destruction, there seem to be only two real main possible paths before humanity. Modern Western liberal technological society is already slipping … Continue reading
Polemicising Housman
Polemicising Housman Darell Sutton considers the poet’s sexuality I Through the years numerous essays describing Alfred E. Housman’s poems have been published. The focus on his Parisian adventures or the sexual intent of some of his verse now is pervasive. … Continue reading
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Tagged A E Housman, Adalbert and Moses Jackson, Darrell Sutton, Laurence Housman
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Inside Out
Inside Out Film Review by Robert Henderson Main Voice cast: Amy Poehler as Joy Phyllis Smith as Sadness Bill Hader as Fear Lewis Black as Anger Mindy Kaling as Disgust Richard Kind as Bing Bong, Riley’s long forgotten imaginary friend … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Matters, Film Reviews, QR Home
Tagged Inside Out, Peter Docter, Robert Henderson
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Dear White People
Open Season on Whitey Reverse racism raises its ugly head again FILM REVIEW – Dear White People Main cast: Tyler James Williams as Lionel Higgins Tessa Thompson as Sam White Kyle Gallner as Kurt Fletcher Teyonah Parris … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Bell, Justin Simien, Kyle Gallner, Robert Henderson, Tyler James Williams
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Polish-Canadians, Searching for a Voice (part 2)
Polish-Canadians, Searching for a Voice (part 2) Mark Wegierski continues his analysis Despite the fact that there are over a million persons of Polish descent in Canada, the community appears to have had very little impact on the political, social, … Continue reading
Polish Canadians, Searching for a Voice
Polish Canadians, Searching for a Voice Mark Wegierski describes an attenuated sub-culture Today in Canada, there are no journalists on any major newspaper, and very few comparatively well-known authors of books of English-language literary fiction, genre fiction, or works of … Continue reading
“Mummy” Merkel Murders Germany
“Mummy” Merkel Murders Germany Ilana Mercer unmasks the chancellor’s evil plan Angela Merkel, elected for life, or for what seems like an eternity, squints at ordinary Germans from behind the parapets of her usurped authority. The German chancellor has signaled her … Continue reading →
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