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While nursing some unpleasantness, I happened upon a recording, via streaming, of an outstanding young Slovenian pianist I had not heard before, Alexander Gadjiev, who is a romantic of the likes not heard on the concert stage for many years. By “romantic,” Mr Gadjiev is of the old school of pianists, which to this bloggerContinue reading “The New Romantic, Alexander Gadjiev”

This blogger has been at it, off and on, for nearly two decades. Few people have read it for most of its existence (with the notable exception of Prof. William Tighe), but that hardly mattered as I wrote it for the fun of it and still do. The small readership changed lately, thanks to aContinue reading “A card of thanks”

Joseph D’Hippolito writes, in today’s New York Post, of a frightening development taking place in Europe that has been ignored or dismissed by people of rank who ought to know better, including Pope Leo XIV. The problem is the slow but steady takeover of Europe by a people who despise both Westerners and Western culture,Continue reading “Europe’s coming doom.”

In the news from the Harvard Crimson: Lindsey E. Adams, a Ph.D student in Harvard’s virology program, opened her pay stub on July 1 to a strange sight: Her research stipend was no longer listed as a union stipend, and no union dues were deducted from her pay. But nothing about Adams’ job was differentContinue reading “My heart breaks for these poor souls; yours will, too.”

Anything but the Gospell and Church teachings According to England’s Telegraph, Church of England officials have sponsored, and apparently are pinning great hopes on a book for children titled, Heroes of Hope, which encapulates 20 people in church history and their blackness. From the Telegraph: Heroes of Hope was co-written by The Rev Dr SharonContinue reading “The C of E’s latest gimmick to lure more worshipers into its churches: pigmentation.”

Delbarton School (From the Bergen Record) These sordid events never seem to stop: ordained men who vowed to love and serve our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church, instead loved themselves, and served their penisis at the expense of young boys who trusted them implicitly. Those boys’s lives are now shattered, and the man who mightContinue reading “Ho, hum, another horrific scandal at a Catholic boys’s school.”

Which doesn’t lessen the wrong committed, but face it, it’s a welcome change from depressing accounts of priests having their ways with girls‐-or boys, yes? Chevrolet C8 Corvette Stingray–one of the highest performing American-made sports cars on the road today. A bizarre account from Road & Track, one of the most respected auto journals andContinue reading “This has to be a first, a priestly scandal reported in Road & Track.”

Pope Leo XIV recently named Cardinal John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church, a singular honor. As he was a convert to Catholicism, your Tatler, a convert also, cannot help having particular regard for, and admittedly, certain pride, in those Anglicans who make the often difficult journey to Rome. This blogger was received into HolyContinue reading “St John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church”

It’s been a while since this blog published a heartwarmer, and this one can hardly be improved upon. From Guinness: A soft-spoken yet resolute 112 year-old woman from Long Island, New York, USA officially became the Guinness World Records title holder for oldest nun living, after serving the Catholic Church for over 94 years. Resolute, indeed,Continue reading ““God’s not ready for me yet.””

The killer, Shane Tamura, calmly walks to work, unstopped There was another senseless tragedy in New York yesterday, in a city grown weary of them. A lunatic who should have been locked up long ago walked into a Park Avenue skyscraper carrying an AR-15 and started shooting up the lobby. When finished, he took an elevator upContinue reading ““We don’t need more gun control, we need more idiot control.” –Senator John Kennedy”