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Endnotes, May-June 2025

Posted on April 30, 2025 by leslie

Endnotes, May-June 2025 In this edition: Rachmaninov’s last great orchestral work; Delius, a paradise garden revisited; on Manx shores… music to a silent film, reviewed by Stuart Millson New from the Chandos label comes an eagerly-awaited instalment in the Sinfonia … Continue reading →

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The Spectre of Spengler

Posted on April 20, 2025 by leslie

                              The Spectre of Spengler David Ashton on Der Untergang des Abendlandes A death-sentence concentrates the mind wonderfully, to paraphrase a famous Tory lexicographer. People are born, flourish, weaken, and pass away, but so do nations and empires. … Continue reading →

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Cakes, Quizzes, Corpses

Posted on April 4, 2025 by leslie

   Cakes, Quizzes, Corpses, by Bill Hartley The current Peruvian Minister of the Interior Juan Jose Santinavanez Antunez was appointed in November of last year. He is the sixth Interior Minister in the current government; that’s an average of one … Continue reading →

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Wily Amphibian; Velasco, between Art and Science

Posted on April 1, 2025 by leslie

Wily Amphibian; Velasco, between Art and Science José María Velasco, A View of Mexico, Dexter Dalwood & Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Yale University Press, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the National Gallery, 29 March-17 August 2025, reviewed by Leslie Jones The … Continue reading →

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Hope, Tempered by Realism

Posted on March 19, 2025 by leslie

Hope, Tempered by Realism Hopeful Pessimism, Mara van der Lugt, Princeton University Press, 2025, Oxford & Princeton, HB, 255pp, reviewed by Leslie Jones According to Max Weber, the development of religions all over the world was predicated on one pertinent … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, March-April 2025

Posted on March 8, 2025 by leslie

[Bruckner c 1892, credit Wikipedia] Endnotes, March-April 2025 In this edition: Archive performances of Bruckner from SOMM Records * Rare Holst from EM Records * Coronation Procession, by Ruth Gipps, reviewed by Stuart Millson A belated, final salute from The … Continue reading →

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First Century Miracle Worker

Posted on March 5, 2025 by leslie

First Century Miracle Worker Gerard Boter (ed.), Flavius Philostratus: Vita Appolonii Tyanei, 2022. DeGruyter. Pp. I-LXIII, 1-322. $91.99. Gerard Boter (ed.), Critical Notes on Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana. 2023. DeGruyter. Pp. I-VIII, 1-317. $131.99. Reviewed by Darrell Sutton … Continue reading →

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Shooting Turkeys

Posted on January 26, 2025 by leslie

Shooting Turkeys, by Bill Hartley Kris Kristofferson, who died last year aged 88, never wanted to be an actor. Indeed, his legacy rests chiefly on his song writing compositions which have been performed by more than 500 artists. Besides being … Continue reading →

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The Final Pandemic

Posted on January 18, 2025 by leslie

The Final Pandemic: An Antidote to Medical Tyranny (2024), written and published by Dr Mark Bailey & Dr Samantha Bailey, foreword by Professor Tim Noakes, a book review and discussion by Dr A. R. Kneen The official narrative of ‘the pandemic’ could … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, January-February 2025

Posted on January 4, 2025 by leslie

Endnotes, January-February 2025 In this edition: piano music from early 19th-century French women composers; 20th-century British chamber music. Reviewed by Stuart Millson New from the Presences Compositrices label comes a revelatory glimpse into the musical world of the late-18th and … Continue reading →

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