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Richard D North.

On culture, Nature, liberal issues, monasticism, spirituality

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Karen Blixen’s house at Rungstedlund

This is perhaps the most beautiful interior I have ever seen. It is at once bohemian and aristocratic. Karen Blixen being who she was, it is determinedly unbourgeois. It is of course also a wonderful pilgrimage site. Read more...

Published

01 June 2009

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Mind & body, On movies

Schiller’s Wallenstein at Chichester

Mike Poulton's latest excursion into adapting Friedrich Schiller provides my first into seeing any of the great German's work. It was a lot more swashbuckling (schlossbuckling, one might say) than I expected. Read more...

Published

30 May 2009

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On theatre

Don’t reform Parliament too much

The trick is to do as little as possible about Parliament. It's supreme and supremely important and it's as good as its members are feisty and talented. That's it. Read more...

Published

19 May 2009

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Politics & campaigns

Trollope, scandal and Parliament

Whenever there's an "Establishment" row one wonders why we can't have a Trollope now and where the comparisons are with The Warden and its tale of sinecures and ambition and media witch hunts and reformist humbug. The MPs' expenses row is no exception. Read more...

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17 May 2009

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Politics & campaigns

Jon Snow’s righteous indignation

I never quite know whether Jon Snow is genuinely quaking with rage when he cranks up the aggression from time to time. Anyway, his outrage over MP's allowances is hard to take. Read more...

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12 May 2009

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On TV & Radio, Politics & campaigns

The Telegraph, class enemy

"Chandalier", "tennis court", "wisteria", "lawn". How lovely to talk dirty in the age of anti-posh. The Telegraph has been pandering to the worst prejudices of the British public. It has been bashing the wholly uninteresting spending habits of our MPs. Read more...

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12 May 2009

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Politics & campaigns

RDN evidence to the JCHR on protest

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights is revisiting its inquiry into policing protest in the light of the G20 protest, the Iona School mass arrest and the Tamil takeover of Parliamentary Square. Here's what I sent in evidence. Read more...

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07 May 2009

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Politics & campaigns

A photographer, a policeman and the State

Bob Quick had to resign because his lapse in security threatened a serious state operation. Why doesn't Steve Back, the photographer who exposed him, face the same opprobrium? Read more...

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10 April 2009

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Stupid policemen will need to explain themselves

Police still don't realise that they are now doing their jobs in a goldfish bowl. It's just as well there's plenty of video about when coppers seem thuggish and their bosses seem thick. Read more...

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09 April 2009

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