Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world.
Douglas Murray: A Time of War
Video interview at The Free Press
The moral clarity Douglas Murray has, is unmatched in my estimation and a national treasure in the UK and the world. He shines a light on the most important subjects in the world, and does so, as seen in this interview; in a deeply caring and enlightening manner juxtaposed with a wicked sense of humour.
This conversation between Murray and Bari Weiss was released on the one year anniversary of October 7th. I found it a privilege to listen to. They look back at a year of war and discuss the moral urgency of these moments and the stakes of the war.
In reference to this topic I would like to point readers to the following article I published on December 3, 2023 Prof Conf on Sexual Violence Aspects of October 7th, 2023 in Israel:
I warn you this is highly distressing listening / viewing, but it needs to be forwarded so that people are aware of what happened and what we are faced with. People need to wake up to this terror threat right now. Our Governments need to head this straight on. At 59:00 minute is something that no one could forget. And most people shouldn’t hear it.
Bob Dylan – Eat the Document -Bob Dylan’s Experimental Documentary
Documentary at Tomasz Cichawa
This documentary (or as Dylan called it ‘an anti-documentary’) explores Bob Dylan and The Hawks (aka The Band) on their infamous 1966 “Judas” tour of the UK. It’s a great couplet to Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back. I remember seeing Eat the Document on a grainy VHS tape back in the day and when I saw this version the other day on my living room TV I was more than impressed by the quality. Also just to hear those monumental ‘Play it Loud!’ second set songs from the tour again, transported me back to when I first heard them and left me gobsmacked all over again. The whole Bob Dylan Live 1966 Bootleg from the legendary Manchester Free Trade Hall concert is the beacon of rock defining moments in my music collection.
Angelina Jolie ‘spellbinding’ as opera star Callas
Entertainment report at BBC News
Anything with Angelina Jolie’s name in it ordinarily wouldn’t catch my attention unless it was alongside one of the world’s best opera singers Maria Callas. Callas was a US-born Greek soprano. She died in 1977 aged 53. Maria has appeared in two music articles at this blog, namely: Signore, Ascolta! (Turandot) 1924 – Giacomo Puccini & E Lucevan Le Stelle (1900) – Giacomo Puccini.
‘Maria’ is the third in a trilogy of films about high-profile, complex women from director Pablo Larraín, following his movies about Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana. (You can find a trailer for Maria here or an alternate one here)…
Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the film focuses on Callas’s final years, in the 1970s, when she was living in Paris.
With Jolie taking on acting roles relatively rarely in recent years, the film has provided something of a comeback narrative for her and could lead to an Oscar nomination for best actress.’
That is all. Thank you for reading.
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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