The Pressure Group and the RSL in Australia
A critical review of G L Kristianson’s The Politics of Patriotism evaluating the Returned Servicemen's League as a dominant pressure group. The analysis highlights the RSL's access to government, its role in promoting Anzac tradition, and the book’s thin, hurried heritage with gaps in factual precision.
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Returned Servicement's League
G. L. Kristianson
Australian National University Press
Returned Servicemen's League
Hughes
RSI
Scullin
Gilbert Dyett
Menzies
RSL
George ‘Holand
Dyett
ACTU
Exservicemen
Bruce
Chifley
Commonwealth
League
Kristianson
Australia
Nsw
New Guard
Governing of
K. 5
Inglis
Bonnard
Matisse
Spring Books issues three more monographs on Velasquez Michelangelo and Soutine
The 1965 Spring Books monographs present Velasquez edited by Philip Troutman Michelangelo edited by Nicholas Wadley and Soutine edited by Andrew Forge. Each edition features 40 to 51 colour plates and 8 to 10 black and white plates with critical appreciations. Karl Duldig mono graph limited to 500 copies priced at R10 50. Pamela Ruskin praises Duldig and notes Australia’s cultural contribution amid a restrained biographical introduction.
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Squtine
Andrew Forge
Velasquez
Philip Troutman
Michelangelo
Nicholas Wadley
Spring Books
Karl Duldig
Pamela Buskin
Cheshires
Soutine
Pamela Ruskin
Two greats of opera SINGING WITH RICH ARD STRAUSS
Lotte Lehmann ties her career to Richard Strauss in this study of five operas Arabella Intermezzo Die Frau ohne Schatten Ariadne auf Naxos and Der Rosenkavalier largely drawn from her experiences learning and performing them She recalls studying with Strauss directing their world premieres and the enduring heritage she received for fellow lovers of Strauss operas this book offers a vivid portrait of Lehmann and her art
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strauss
Jeriiza
Mayr
Schumann
Lehmann
der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
Lotte
Remembered Wilde Son Vyvyan Holland Biography Review
Vyvyan Hollands time remembered biography Gollancz examines his life after Pere Lachaise. It blends autobiographical passages from Edwardian London to Spain with notes on his translations and wartime service. The critic notes a weaker late section and a lack of personal voice despite fluent prose.
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Oscar Wilde
Pere Lachaise
Bagneux
France
London
Home Counties
Spain
Holland
H. G. Wells
Beerbohm Tree
Sir Edward Elgar
Frank Harris
Henry James
Scott Monerich
Interpreters’ Corps
BBC
Australia
New Zealand
Africa's rise in writing deepens with two notable books
The surge of national ism in Africa brings two strong titles. Elechi Amadi's The Concubine, a Nigerian village tale, blends ritual and fate, while Aubrey Kachingwe's No Easy Task follows Jozeni the city journalist and family politics in postcolonial Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elechi Amadi
Hetvenwern
Aubrey Kachingwe
Heinewun
Africa
Ilechi Amadi
Shuoma
Omigwe
Thuoma
Ekwueme
Thoma
Huoma
Those Who Love by Irene Stone historical novel review
The reviewer praises Irving Stone for another outstanding historical novel set during Britain's loss of the American colonies. The book is noted for historical accuracy and faithful recreation of the era's dramatic moods.
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Irene Stone
Britain
Irving Stons
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Donald Brook
Cheshire
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Hamish Hamilton
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Stolz
Wagner
von Bulow
Mahler
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W. L. Hoffmann
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