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The role of the reviewer
The role of the reviewerAssessment by Denis Joe April 2012 Having become a regular reviewer for the Manchester Salon website, it has struck me that any work or phenomena can stimulate debate; and it is...
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Public Performance: and defending quality in a dysfunctional society
Public performance:and defending quality in a dysfunctional societySome thoughts by Georgina Kirk April 2012 Driving to a meeting of the Manchester Salon the other week, I heard Joan Collins on the...
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Recovery Communities
Recovery CommunitiesOpinion by Denis Joe April 2012For most of my life I have had a problem with booze, and if I was generous about anything, it was about sharing that problem with friends and...
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Permits to Busk in Liverpool will choke city life
Liverpool busking permits will choke city lifeOpinion by Denis Joe June 2012 For centuries, street entertainers have been an informal part of public life, but thanks to the ever-officious Liverpool...
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A kick up the Arts
A kick up the ArtsOpinion by Denis Joe August 2012In January this year, West End theatre ticket sales broke box office records, and the most recent Turner prize exhibition, held this year at the Baltic...
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Oiling the wheels of opera
Oiling the wheels of operaby Denis Joe March 2013 During the interval at the premiere of David Pountney’s Lulu, for Welsh National Opera, much of the talk amongst the opera goers, was not about the...
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Suicide is NOT Painless
Suicide is NOT PainlessA personal perspective by Denis Joe March 2013 The man who kills a man, kills a man. The man who kills himself, kills all men. As far as he is concerned he wipes out the world....
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Response to Modernisation, development and conservationBy Joanne Green Protecting the UK environment has been in and dealt with by the current government’s political agenda. In 2011 the Environment...
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Environmental Perspective to Assisted SuicideBy Joanne GreenIn ReligionReligion is often cited as a reason against assisted suicide being sanctioned yet it is difficult to trace if there are any global...
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Prison: What is it good for?
Prison: What is it good for? Opinion piece by Jane Turner May 2013 The supremacy of imprisonment as a way of dealing with offenders has never been seriously challenged, even though there is plenty of...
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Response to Modernisation, development and conservationBy Joanne Green Protecting the UK environment has been in and dealt with by the current government’s political agenda. In 2011 the Environment...
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Environmental Perspective to Assisted SuicideBy Joanne GreenIn ReligionReligion is often cited as a reason against assisted suicide being sanctioned yet it is difficult to trace if there are any global...
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Poetry and Music
Poetry and MusicWaxing lyrical by Denis Joe August 2013 Recently I heard a work by a friend of mine. It is a soundscape made up of a selection of poems of mine, read by someone who reads them much...
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Winning is more than taking part
Winning is more than taking partStriving for excellence by Denis Joe August 2013 Back in June of this year, Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg won the prestigious International Queen Elisabeth...
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First Class, Second Class - now Cattle Class. How low can it get?
Cattle Class travel: how low can it get? Opinion piece by Jane Turner August 2013 I don’t swear much. I moan a fair bit about the many things that drive me mad, but usually in sentences of polite and...
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A Day In The Life of An Exam Factory
A Day In The Life of An Exam Factory Opinion piece by Jane Turner February 2014 In Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Alan Sillitoe wrote of “the deadening treadmill” and “monotonous graft” of life...
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Cyclists: Saints or Sinners?
Cyclists: Saints or Sinners? Opinion piece by Denis Joe April 2014 Since moving to Liverpool about 7 years ago there are two things that I have come to loathe: football and cyclists. As a kid one of...
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: ADHD
ADHD Opinion piece by Jane Turner August 2014 I have recently discovered I have STDL syndrome (Sick to Death of Labels). It was as a bit of a shock to receive this diagnosis, as I am normally quite...
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Art for our sake by Denis Joe
Art for our sake Opinion piece by Denis Joe March 2016 The purpose of art is manifold these days. Visit a gallery and you are encouraged to interact with works. Artists, particularly Installation...
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