Diana Wichtel: Prince Philip s funeral like a scene from Game of Thrones
30 Apr, 2021 04:00 AM
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There was the small figure of the Queen , suffering stoically. Photo / AP These days we resent having to wait for the next episode of a new television series instead of bingeing until our eyes fall out. Imagine how fans of Charles Dickens felt in New York in 1841, forced to wait on the wharf for the final instalment of The Old Curiosity Shop to chug across the Atlantic so they could discover the fate of the freakishly virtuous Little Nell. Reader, she didn t make it. Even her creator was in bits. Old wounds bleed afresh when I think of this sad story, wrote Dickens. Oscar Wilde, on the other hand: One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing.
Gabriel Pearson was instrumental in the creation of what became the New Left Review
CasparPearson
Tue 6 Apr 2021 13.29 EDT
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My father, Gabriel Pearson, who has died aged 88, was a scholar, critic and teacher of literature. He spent most of his career at the University of Essex, joining its newly established department of literature in 1965. Even after his formal retirement in 1995, he kept up various part-time roles at Essex, eventually stopping work in 2009, when he became an emeritus professor.
He was born into a Polish-Jewish family in the west end of London. His father, Nathan Pearson, was a cabinet maker, and his mother, Annie (nee Jacobovitch), was a tailor. At the outbreak of the second world war Gabriel initially remained in the city and recalled sleeping in Russell Square tube station during the blitz. Subsequently he was evacuated to various locations in the countryside, most happily to a village near Banbury in Oxfordshire.
Northland news in brief: Queen tribute act s two shows; and boil water notice ends
16 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Northern Advocate
Northland fans of UK rock legends Queen are in for a treat when Queen: It s a Kinda Magic, celebrating the legacy of Queen and Freddie Mercury, perform in the region.
Promoters promise a spectacle, with the grandeur and energy of the one of the world s greatest rock bands lighting up the show.
If you ve seen Bohemian Rhapsody at the cinemas, this tribute act offer big sound, big screens, crazy lighting and outlandish costumes.
Dominic Warren is on lead vocals, guitar and piano live on stage in Mercury s original key, with all the wit, charm and bravado of the man himself. Rusty Red takes on the famous guitar riffs of Brian May, Michael Dickens conjures Roger Taylor on drums and Andre van der Merwe is John Deacon on bass guitar.
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