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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
"Twenty times the use a man is": Two Chronicles of Carlingford
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Can there be too much of a good thing? I was once among those who approached the extremely prolific writers of the nineteenth century with ...
Friday, June 13, 2025
Death Comes To Pemberley
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DVD cover image for the BBC adaptation of P.D. James' Death Comes to Pemberley . Image source: themoviedb.com Death Comes To Pemberley...
Saturday, June 7, 2025
A season of Handel operas, part 4: Ariodante
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Lurcanio prevents his brother Ariodante from throwing himself on his sword when he sees Polinesso entering Ginevra's apartments. Illust...
Sunday, May 25, 2025
A season of Handel operas, part 3: Giulio Cesare
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César remet Cléopâtre sur le trône d'Egypte [Caesar offers Cleopatra the throne of Egypt], by Pierre de Cortone (Pietro da Cortona), ca...
Sunday, May 18, 2025
A season of Handel operas, part 2: Alceste
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La mort d'Alceste, ou l'Héroïsme de l'amour conjugal [The death of Alcestis] (detail) by Jean-François Pierre Peyron, 1785. Ima...
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