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The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; The Rake’s Progress; The Flying Dutchman; Elena Urioste and Tom Poster – review

Dread runs through John Adams’s pulsating new ‘short symphony’; Stravinsky’s Rake has plenty of company at ETO; Bryn Terfel returns as the mythical Dutchman; and two lockdown favourites bring the house down

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Rattle review – Adams’ Frenzy debuts but Roy Harris’s Third is the real discovery

In an all-American programme, works by composers from Gershwin to an Adams world premiere were superbly presented by Rattle and LSO, with Harris’s 1939 symphony a revelation

The Guardian - UK

SCOTUS is broken — can it be fixed?

After Dobbs, many Americans woke up to the Roberts court's dangerous power. But history offers lessons — and hope

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Exploring The Top 10 Political Families With Dynasties Of Leaders

Explore the legacies of prominent political families in the United States, from the Kennedys to the Cuomos.

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A Response to John Mikhail on "Officers of the United States"—Part I

The issues, arguments, and evidence raised by Mikhail has already been addressed by our scholarship. This evidence was not "ignored or overlooked."

Reason

Adventures in Democracy by Erica Benner review – many men, many minds

A sparkling account of people power through the ages, and how to save it from itself

The Guardian - UK

Belfast court dismisses ‘frivolous’ Sinn Féin libel case against journalist

Gerry Kelly took action against Malachi O’Doherty, who had identified Kelly as the shooter in a 1983 prison break

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What is the Boston Tea Party and what did it do?

The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party is marked this year

The Independent UK

What is the Stonehenge tunnel project and why is it so controversial?

Government wants to build a two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge - but campaigners say it will destroy the site’s unique landscape

The Independent UK

Trump's campaign is spooked

The Trump campaign understands that his mouth is lethal for Trump's chances in the general election

Salon

Stonehenge campaigners’ last-chance bid to save site from road tunnel

Historian says if ‘Britain trashes their world heritage sites, it bodes badly for the rest of the world’

The Guardian - UK

Bronzeville Trail to receive $5 million in funding in 2024

The Bronzeville Trail Task Force met with the city two weeks ago discuss opening at least some parts of the trail.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kamala Harris (D) breaks record for most tie-breaking Senate votes in United States history

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) cast her 32nd and 33rd tie-breaking votes in the Senate on Dec. 5, 2023, giving her the most tie-breaking votes in the U.S. Senate of all vice presidents in U.S. history. Her 32nd and 33rd votes were to invoke cloture on and subsequently approve the…

Ballotpedia

Update on presidential state filing deadlines—which ones have passed, which ones are next, and how many candidates are in

Welcome to the Thursday, December 7, 2023, Brew.

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The Independent UK

Judge rejects plea for Pennsylvania woman charged with killing her 2 young children

A judge has rejected a plea agreement for a Pennsylvania woman charged with killing her two young children

The Guardian - UK

John Adams: Antony and Cleopatra review – European premiere fuelled by molten chemistry

In his ambitious and richly orchestrated 2022 opera, the American composer makes Shakespeare his own, with a star cast to match

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From Nabokov to Miffy: Liu Ye on his cultural references

Artist Liu Ye tells us what inspires him, as his exhibition ‘Naive and Sentimental Painting’ is on show in London

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Watchdog probes investments following lawyer's death

A Victorian law firm has uncovered concerns about mortgage investments made by a partner following his death and reported it to the legal watchdog.

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New House speaker Mike Johnson praised ‘18th-century values’ in speech

Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

The Guardian - UK

Bex Burch: There Is Only Love and Fear review – messy minimalism that grooves hard

The percussionist shares characteristics with Steve Reich or John Adams, but intersects this with sounds from Mali, Bali and Latin America in a freakish fusion of jazz, techno and funk

Reason

The Things We Can't Say

As the culture war permeates American life, combatants set their sights on the ways we express ourselves.

Total Film

The Total Film FrightFest Awards 2023

And the winners are...

The Independent UK

Campaigners launch fresh Stonehenge road legal challenge

The plans involve overhauling eight miles of the A303, including digging a two-mile tunnel.

AVNetwork

How Lectrosonics Helps Re-Imagines Opera Productions

New series offers all-in-one and box-type thin clients with Windows 10 IoT, Linux or Non-OS Systems.

The Conversation

Kamala Harris has tied the record for the most tie-breaking votes in Senate history – a brief overview of what vice presidents do

On Jan. 20, 2021, Kamala Harris became the first African American, the first person of South Asian descent and the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States.

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