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Jennifer Johnston obituary

Prizewinning author who wrote elliptical, needle-sharp novels about family, Irish history and the Troubles

The Guardian - UK

Jennifer Johnston, celebrated Irish novelist and playwright, dies aged 95

Once lauded ‘the best writer in Ireland’, Johnston began publishing in her 40s and was Booker-shortlisted for her 1977 novel set during the Troubles, Shadows on Our Skin

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Israel in Egypt; James McVinnie & Tristan Perich: Infinity Gradient; Bluebeard’s Castle – review

The Monteverdi Choir dazzles in Handel’s pestilential thriller; one organ and 100 speakers pack quite a punch; and Jennifer Johnston saves the day in fiery Bartók

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Duke Bluebeard’s Castle review – erotic, unsettling and beautifully staged

A last-minute cast substitution added a remarkable gender twist to Bartók’s opera about marital disintegration

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - A history of classical music with only men is exactly the kind of thing that keeps the form from flourishing

Scholarship shows that women played a big role in the development of the art, and ignoring that only makes it look elitist

Evening Standard

Quarter of music industry workers have had no work in EU since Brexit

Survey shows devastating impact of Brexit on music sector, says Independent Society of Musicians

The Guardian - UK

Semele review – outstanding mezzos enliven dour take on Handel’s tale of desire

Joélle Harvey and Jennifer Johnston are ravishing, and the chorus sensational, but Adele Thomas’s staging feels neither funny nor erotic enough for what is essentially a barbed Restoration comedy

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Man appears in court and denies being American fugitive traced to Scots hospital

The man denied being Nicholas Rossi, 34, during a hearing before Sheriff Alistair Noble on Friday afternoon at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

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