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ENDNOTES

Posted on January 18, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES Manon, Jules Massenet; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 14 January 2014 As Christopher Anthony Meade has aptly but inelegantly observed, in opera we get the most beautiful music “allied with the greatest drivel ever to escape from the twisted mind of … Continue reading →

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Fascist Italy speaks

Posted on January 11, 2014 by leslie

Fascist Italy Speaks Fascist Voices: an Intimate History of Mussolini’s Italy, Christopher Duggan, Vintage, London, 2013, 501pp, pb, £10.99 Leslie Jones listens to some “ordinary” Italians It is possible to identify two distinct but not necessarily incompatible perspectives on Italian … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Do the Math

Posted on December 17, 2013 by leslie

Do the Math Leslie Jones attends ‘Zemlinsky & his Quartets’, a talk given by Antony Beaumont, 20th November, Austrian Cultural Forum, as part of the Hampstead Arts Festival, 2013, and reviews Zemlinsky, String Quartet no 4, Op 25 (1936) and … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Diva Assoluta

Posted on December 10, 2013 by leslie

Diva Assoluta LESLIE JONES reviews a recital in celebration of the National Day of Romania, December 1st: the Romanian Cultural Institute, 5th December 2013, Anita Hartig, soprano, Mats Knutsson, piano Musically, Romania has consistently punched above its weight, as evidenced … Continue reading →

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War Requiem

Posted on November 17, 2013 by leslie

Benjamin Britten, War Requiem, Royal Albert Hall, Sunday 10th November: Semyon Bychkov, conductor, Sabina Cvilak, soprano, Allan Clayton, tenor, Roderick Williams, baritone, BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus, The Choristers of Westminster Abbey Britten told … Continue reading →

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Hell freezes over

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Derek Turner

Hell freezes over LESLIE JONES is engrossed by a wide-ranging analysis of an iconic battle The Stalingrad Cauldron: Inside the Encirclement and Destruction of the 6th Army Frank Ellis, 2013, University Press of Kansas, 512 pp., hb., US$39 According to … Continue reading →

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Leslie Jones’ latest review for “History Today”

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Derek Turner

Leslie Jones’ latest review for History Today QR Deputy Editor Leslie Jones reviews Tim Grady’s The German-Jewish Soldiers of the First World War in History and Memory for History Today www.historytoday.com/blog/2013/06/german-jewish-soldiers-first-world-war

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The riddle of the sands

Posted on May 16, 2013 by leslie

The riddle of the sands LESLIE JONES pays tribute to a pioneering Egyptologist In The Archaeology of Race, Debbie Challis, Audience Development Officer at the Petrie Museum, deploys the usual hackneyed criticisms of eugenics and psychometrics. Race, accordingly, “is not … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse Discs – Leslie Jones

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Derek Turner

LESLIE JONES Quarterly Review Deputy Editor Here are ten musical items in search of a desert island – hopefully, an island with WiFi! In no particular order… Les Préludes, Franz Liszt Music from this stirring and bombastic symphonic poem was … Continue reading →

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The price of ambition

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Derek Turner

The price of ambition LESLIE JONES “Few, I ween, shall stir her hate unscathed, or lightly humble her.” Euripides, Medea In Euripides’ drama Medea, Jason forsakes his wife and children in order to marry the daughter of Creon, ruler of Corinth. … Continue reading →

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