leodoultonJun 29, 20224 minThe Boozeless Bar BonanzaThe other day I put up a Twitter poll, hoping to get a sense from a few friends about a question I’ve been pondering for a while: Over...
leodoultonJun 26, 202220 minReality and Justice: On naturalism, verismo, and Puccini.Prologue I am at times, an academic, and one of my specialisms is in the aesthetic philosophy of opera (in short, the ways people justify...
leodoultonMay 15, 20225 minBiting The Hand That Feeds: A Few Oddities In The New Grants For The ArtsLike most England-based artists, I’ve made a number of applications to Arts Council England (ACE) for money. They’ve just changed the...
leodoultonApr 14, 20225 minWe Need To Talk About GeoffreyAbout a fortnight ago, two very clever people posted Tweets bemoaning the lack of faith of sector leaders in modern (or, at least, 1945)...