Showing posts with label Reactionary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reactionary. Show all posts
Saturday, 14 December 2013

ROH Programmes

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Grand Opera House, Belfast, and Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Read, learn, and inwardly digest.
Thursday, 14 November 2013

The Bargain

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By Jove, £52.50 for bed and full Ulster breakfast at the Old Inn, Crawfordsburn, County Down, in December. I'm attending an annual ...
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Friday, 25 November 2011

Hansel and Gretel

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It's a night at the opera for Timothy Belmont tonight. Fortunately I was able to find one parking space in Amelia Street. I'm pres...
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Saturday, 22 October 2011

UK's Future Within EU

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If there were ever a time for the United Kingdom to consider leaving the EU, it is now. I have absolutely no love for the institution at all...
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Saturday, 26 March 2011

Opera Ticket

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I managed to reserve a seat in Row A of the dress circle at the Grand Opera House in Belfast, for a production of Rigoletto this June. It ...
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Thursday, 27 January 2011

Menotti's Medium

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I have just received a "flyer" from the new-born "NI Opera" advertising "NI Opera, in association with Second Mov...
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Sunday, 16 January 2011

The Little Bercow

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I am not at all surprised that a number of Conservative MPs are "running a whispering campaign" against the Speaker, little Bercow...
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Friday, 29 October 2010

Opera House Woes

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I have read that Belfast's Grand Opera House has experienced "a difficult time" and suffered "a shortfall of 50% in spon...
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Monday, 15 February 2010

Does Castleward Opera Still Exist?

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What, on earth, is going on at the NI Arts Council? The Chairman and Board wish to "broaden" opera's appeal in the Province. P...
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Thursday, 28 January 2010

The National Trust: New Image Rot

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The National Trust has refreshed its image and brand. This has manifested itself on their new website; documents; magazine; handbook; cards ...
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Friday, 1 January 2010

Restore Harrod's

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I do wish that the House of Fraser would buy back Harrod's. They owned the store from 1959 till 1985, when it was bought by the Fayed br...
Friday, 28 August 2009

No Police Presence

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I haven't had much faith in the police force in Northern Ireland since the 4th November, 2001. Shortly after Northern Ireland Police was...
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Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Her Majesty's Ministry

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Ever since it came to Power, the Labour Government has been eager to repeal many of our traditions and British ways of life; not least the E...
Sunday, 1 March 2009

The Brown Imbroglio

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The Prime Minister's standing, according to the opinion polls, is at its lowest ebb ever. He is desperate to ward off mounting and susta...