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May 09, 2023
May 09, 2023
In his lifetime (1637-1707) Dietrich Buxtehude rose to fame in  mainland Europe as organist and choirmaster at the Mariankirche, Lubeck. Young musicians travelled there to learn from him – including Bach (who did the 250 mile journey on foot) and Handel, who might have been his successor at Lubeck but for the problem that the
May 09, 2023
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, and the Anglican archbishop of Jerusalem, The Most Reverend Dr Hosam Elias Naoum were centre stage at the Coronation – and it was the holy oil they blessed in Jerusalem that was used for the anointing of King Charles. Today the two of them, the
May 09, 2023
Popular officer and respected military ethicist. At six feet and seven inches, Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts, who died on March 9 aged 69, towered over his brother officers and the soldiers in his command. Nevertheless an imposing physical presence – made even taller in full-dress uniform by his ceremonial plumed cocked hat – belay a
May 09, 2023
A Catholic former librarian has been elected as an independent councillor to the local authority that sacked her for publicly criticising its decision to award a multi-million pound redevelopment contract to a Chinese firm. Maureen O’Bern was fired by Wigan Council in 2021 when she objected to a £135 million deal with Beijing Construction Engineering
May 09, 2023
If as a mother you spend much of your time feeling guilty, there is yet another thing you can feel awful about – asking your eldest daughter to help around the house. Some women are now suffering from “eldest daughter syndrome” which is “the emotional burden eldest daughters tend to take on (and are encouraged
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