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Black Dogs
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The diaries of R.A.D. Stainforth, the last man in Europe, or his footprints on the sands of time.
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Cardiff Singer of the World 2009: Day One
I only saw the first concert programme on BBC FOUR yesterday. This is the last time I’m mentioning this competition, as I have better things to do.Well, not the most difficult decision the judges will have to make this week. But don’t forget the ...
Amy Winehouse Sucks Thumb
Amy Winehouse enjoyed cuddles from local children on a St Lucia beach yesterday. The friendly displays seem to confirm why the singer is so besotted with life on the island. She has been living there since visiting on holiday last December.The 25-yea...
Heterophony
Recently I came across this:Heterophony constitutes a powerful tool of ecstatic evocation. It is generally felt that heterophonic interactions energize musical content. In group performances, they give prominence to each of the individual parts, but ...
Clive James shrugs off claims of an affair with an opera diva
There can’t be that many Australian TV critics and writers in Britain with a passion for opera. Especially bald, fat ones. But last night Clive James did his best to dampen speculation that he was the critic with whom opera diva Anne Howells claims...
Italian sausages in hot tomato sauce with polenta
(Taken from Nigella Express by Queen of Gastroporn, Nigella Lawson)Italian sausages are fabulously quick to cook – and fabulously good to eat. These sausages blanket you with winter warmth. This comes from a couple of jars of really top-quality tom...
Rumania: A Young Nation and an Ancient People
(Taken from The Book of Knowledge, edited by Harold F.B. Wheeler)Claiming descent from Roman colonists, this Balkan people groaned under the Turkish yoke for 400 years, became independent, suffered much in the World War, and emerged with added territ...

