Who knows who said it but it is true that a patriot is someone who loves their own country and a nationalist is someone who hates everyone else's country. Love is a complicated thing. It requires honesty and a willingness to say things that may cause some hurt but that, ultimately, allow for the sometimes [...]
There was a girl. Isn't there always. She had t-bar shoes, a cute bob and spoke about herself in the third person...at the time that was charming, maybe even cute, it wasn't until later I worked out what it actually meant. That's a tale for another time. Sometime, never. As ever the heart wants what [...]
The best writers seem to be speaking directly to you. It's like they've been living in your wardrobe. They've seen you naked, rifled through your pockets, heard all of your best lines, been there through cold blooded old times and they know all of your secrets. At least that's how it seems. This should seem [...]
Thousands of men, and it is always men, in Clark's desert boots, a polka dot button down shirt and a Paisley pattern Tootal scarf are members of a sinister cult. Like all cult members they don't know that they are members of a cult, they think they are free thinkers. Far from being victims of [...]
Music hall legend, Billy Merson, recorded the William Hargreave's song "The Night I Appeared as Macbeth" in the early 1920's. It is, in very many ways, the earliest example of what would become, nearly seventy years later, Britpop. With more than a hint of nostalgia and a romantic vision of London life the song is [...]
In 1733 when Rameau premiered his "Hippolyte et Aricie" the response was, at best, muted and, in the case of one anonymous review, caustic. That anonymous reviewer labelled the work "...du barocque" and suggested, in his critique, that the piece was lacking in coherent melody, constantly changed key and meter and ran through nearly every [...]
Before we begin let's just get something clear. Crystal clear. I care not one jot about your opinion on Alanis Morissette or "Jagged Little Pill" if you are the kind of person who thinks that asking the barber to cut your hair like Liam Gallagher is a good idea. I care even less about your [...]
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