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Review: Jason Palmer

3 weeks ago | jazziz.com | Philip Booth

Jason Palmer The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn (Giant Step Arts) Inquisitive melodies. Tight two-horn harmonies and unison lines. Loose-limbed grooves and probing, frequently surprising improvisations. These all define trumpeter Jason Palmer’s latest recording as a leader. Palmer’s quartet — with frequent collaborator Mark Turner on tenor sax, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Marcus Gilmore... JAZZIZ Discovery Membership Required You must be a JAZZIZ Discovery member to access this content.
The role models Gareth Southgate is looking for

1 month ago | thetablet.co.uk | Philip Booth

Last night, Gareth Southgate gave the Richard Dimbleby Lecture in which he talked about a crisis in masculinity and the lack of male role models. The purpose of this article is not to suggest that he is either right or wrong, still less to analyse the causes of the loss of male role models if he is correct. Rather, it is to provide an indication of where we might find male role models outside the places that are often suggested in the modern age. There is, no doubt, a problem.
Review: Sun Ra Arkestra

1 month ago | jazziz.com | Philip Booth

Sun Ra Arkestra Under the Direction of Marshall Allen Lights on a Satellite (In + Out) A supersized Sun Ra Arkestra, led by 100-year-old alto saxophonist Marshall Allen, crowded into New York’s Power Station last June to honor the legacy of Allen and the group’s late founder. Idiosyncratic pianist and composer-arranger Sun Ra, variously appreciated... Membership Required You must be a member to access this content. View Membership Levels
Death 4 Dinner Reviews

1 month ago | metacritic.com | Philip Booth

March 2025 Movie Preview Keith Kimbell Our editors select the most noteworthy films debuting in March, including Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17, Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag, and more.
Farewell to socialist PFI

Jan 12, 2025 | capx.co | Philip Booth

Failed construction firm Carillion was involved in PFI projects. Photo: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images Failed construction firm Carillion was involved in PFI projects.
A momentous vote on the end of life is about to be made by UK Parliament

Nov 27, 2024 | catholicherald.co.uk | Philip Booth

As the UK Parliament approaches the momentous vote on assisted suicide tomorrow, it is worth taking stock of the arguments. Because the arguments in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill fall down on the grounds of principle, practice and the inadequacies of the Bill – and you do not have to be Catholic to accept the arguments against the legislation under consideration on 29 November.
One of the Internet’s Biggest Musical Mysteries Has Likely Been Solved

Nov 5, 2024 | rollingstoneindia.com | Philip Booth

The most mysterious song on the internet, which thousands of devoted sleuths have been trying to identify since 2007, finally has a name. The New Wave track, originally recorded off the radio in Germany in the early Eighties, is believed to be called “Subways Of Your Mind” by the band FEX.
When words lose their meaning, people will lose their lives

Aug 8, 2024 | thetablet.co.uk | Philip Booth

One of the areas of work of F. A. Hayek was the evolution and use of language. He noted that Confucius was reported to have said: “When words lose their meaning, people will lose their liberty.” And Hayek described the profound impact on culture and politics of the ability of intellectuals to use old words and give them new meanings. Sometimes, and misleadingly, those meanings were the opposite of their classical definitions.
HS2 High Speed Rail Link May End In London Suburb Rather Than Euston, Signals Chancellor Rachel Reeves - Evening Standard

Jul 30, 2024 | everand.com | Nicholas Cecil |Mike Denham |Andrew Murray |Philip Booth

Britain’s high speed rail link may end in a London suburb rather than running into the city centre to Euston, Chancellor Rachel Reeves signalled on Tuesday. Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden on Monday said the HS2 route would be re-examined as part of moves to save billions of pounds. Asked on LBC Radio if the line would run all the way to
Vol 27, No 1 (2024)

Jul 15, 2024 | marketsandmorality.com | Philip Booth |Dominic Farrell |Matthew J. Advent |Paul Radich

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