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Defiance
Defiance Resisters; How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler’s Germany, Wolf Gruner, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2023, h.b., 212 pp, reviewed by Leslie Jones In a letter to Arnold Zweig, dated December 15, 1935, the German … Continue reading
Labyrinthine Linguistics
Labyrinthine Linguistics Stanley E. Porter, The Pastoral Epistles: A Commentary on the Greek Text. Baker Academic. 2023. Pp.i-xxi, 1-969. $70.00, reviewed by Darrell Sutton This important book is the result of close reading and scrupulous study. The approach is linguistic, … Continue reading
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Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor, 7th January 2024 I entered University College Hospital in the Euston Road for the second time last year after several heart attacks. Later I also had spells in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead and Barts … Continue reading
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Endnotes, January 2024
Endnotes, January 2024 In this edition: music from Iceland; vintage Bruckner from the Berlin Philharmonic, reviewed by Stuart Millson Orchestral music for the stage is the theme of a recent disc from Chandos, except that the composers concerned are ~ … Continue reading
The Missing Link
Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge, in A Clockwork Orange, credit Wikipedia The Missing Link Bill Hartley hits Stockton Recent remarks by the Home Secretary, wherever they were directed, shone an unaccustomed spotlight on Stockton. [Editorial note; James Cleverly allegedly … Continue reading
The Darkened Light of Faith
The Darkened Light of Faith; Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought, Melvin L. Rogers, Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford, 2023, 380 pp, hb, reviewed by Leslie Jones The European is to the other races of mankind … Continue reading
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Endnotes, December 2023
Endnotes, December 2023 In this edition: Collectors’ corner, vintage Elgar and Sibelius; Parry, Symphonic Variations, reviewed by Stuart Millson Occasionally, it pays to walk away from the current CD catalogue and download ‘playlists’ and delve into the still-living and listened-to … Continue reading
Sir Kenneth J Dover, the Contours of his Life
Sir Kenneth J Dover, the Contours of his Life Edd., Stephen Halliwell & Christopher Stray, Scholarship and Controversy: Centenary Essays on the Life and Work of Sir Kenneth Dover. Bloomsbury 2023. Pp. i-xiii; 1-362. $144.00. Edd., Stephen Halliwell & Christopher … Continue reading
Comments on a Complex Catastrophe
Comments on a Complex Catastrophe, by Wade Smith Will this, the latest war in the Middle East become a major regional military conflict? [1] And what will be its economic consequences? In his statement to the nation of 28th October, … Continue reading
Brave New Suburbs
Brave New Suburbs, by Bill Hartley The urge to live in the country has led to considerable infilling and expansion of North Yorkshire villages in recent years. Across the county there has been a range of new developments some of … Continue reading