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Organs of Faith

December 4, 2016

The organist at the church where I worship recently celebrated ten years of playing for that congregation.  There was cake, …

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Riffing on a Theme: Jazz, Christianity and the Bible

May 19, 2016

A few of my friends are sharing this excellent piece on Christianity, music, doctrine and other things, by the Dean …

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Wildest Dreams: The Pervasive Irony of Taylor Swift’s 1989

March 2, 2016

I can honestly say that I liked Taylor Swift since she became cool. I am in the deepest and truest …

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Paying the Piper: Kathryn Rose on Composing and Funding

September 23, 2014

Kathryn Rose is a composer, and music teacher in East London and is the organist and choirmistress at St Andrew’s …

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Blurred Lines and Rape Culture: Seeing What’s In Front of Us

August 23, 2013

The controversy over Robin Thicke’s hit ‘Blurred Lines’ has been going back and forth for some time now.  Is it …

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Weekend Links #1

August 17, 2013

It’s been one of those weeks where I’ve read a lot of fascinating stuff online, so I thought I’d start …

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80s Hits: Blood and Gifts by J.T. Rogers at the National Theatre

May 11, 2013

“I saw a poster on the subway on the way here”, the woman in the seat next to me said …

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The Playmate’s Tragedy: Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage

May 9, 2013

I found my allotted space near the top of the Royal Opera House and began the ancient English ritual of …

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Never Ever Forever: Taylor Swift and Repetition

February 16, 2013

Following on from my piece on repeition and quotation in Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop“, I’m taking a look at Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never …

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Recycling at the Thrift Shop: Macklemore and Repetition

February 16, 2013

My posts about misquoting Shakespeare have made me more alert than usual to the way quotation and repetition feature in …

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My latest book investigates a literary urban legend about Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

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