Interviews

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Interview: John Dyson

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Interview: John Dyson

From judges being denounced as ‘Enemies of the People’, to speculation on the symbolism of Supreme Court Judge Lady Hale’s spider brooch, the UK’s justice system has been a surprising subject of recent media attention. A former Supreme Court Judge himself, John Dyson is no…

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United nations

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United nations

Since the Israeli-Canadian violist Rivka Golani first became aware of the Blackfoot – the First People of Canada – she has been inspired by their history. She has performed several concerts in their honour in Canada and has composed pieces, with their permission, that reference Blackfoot…

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Interview: Patrick Marber

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Interview: Patrick Marber

“I consider myself a Jewish writer, like all my heroes: Tom Stoppard, David Mamet, Philip Roth, Arthur Miller, Woody Allen,” said director Patrick Marber in an interview in 2015. Now he is directing a play from one of those “heroes”, Tom Stoppard – a play which might be…

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Jewish museum plan for Izmir

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Jewish museum plan for Izmir

It is the biggest heritage project in the world today”, says Uri Bar-Ner from the Kiriaty Foundation, referring to the plan to restore Jewish heritage in Turkey’s coastal city of Izmir. The initiative, led by the Foundation, aims to restore a cluster of synagogues in the city and has attracted…

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The Cosmo comes to life again

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The Cosmo comes to life again

“I loved The Cosmo, which I got to know in the mid-50s. This was the time when not much English could be heard in Finchley Road, and the bus conductor would call out “Jerusalem” or ‘Vienna”! The German accent in the streets was predominantly Austrian, as was the conversation in…

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Der Silbersee: A meeting of revolutionary musical minds

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Der Silbersee: A meeting of revolutionary musical minds

The German composer Kurt Weill is best known for his edgy collaborations with Bertolt Brecht, but his work with the playwright Georg Kaiser, with whom he shared deep social convictions, also inspired serious compositions. Their last collaboration was Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake)…