Category C

Press: Review

 

 

 

 

C01

The Daily Telegraph

2004 words

September 2, 1991, p. 13

"The World According to Sessions"

001--065

September 3, 1991, p. 12

"Ibsen's Icy Epic"

067--115

September 3, 1991, p. 12

"Gymnastic Ring"

117--153

September 3, 1991, p. 12

"Struggle with Evil"

155--196

September 7, 1991, p. XXII

"On the Question of Craziness" (shortened)

198--225

 

 

 

<&|>sic!:

half of John Sessions's Travelling Tales (3)

 

 

keeping up with Sessions's own racing intellect (22)

 

one of Sessions's finest creations (43)

 

 

Roger Williams's staging (106)

 

 

 

 

C02

The Guardian

2014 words

April 18, 1991, p. 15

"You Don't Give No Lip to Big John"

001--119

April 18, 1991, p. 17

"From Mad Max to the Mad Prince" (shortened)

121--202

 

 

 

C03

The Times

2020 words

April 18, 1991, p. 22

"Opera: Falstaff"

001--054

April 18, 1991, p. 17

"Yet There Is Method in It" (shortened)

056--153

April 18, 1991, p. 17

"London Concerts: Fully Persuaded Without Reason"

155--218

 

 

 

ambiguous hyphen:

high-point (126)

 

 

brat-packers (150)

 

<&|>sic!:

only with old moments of beauty or elan (53) 

 

 

 

C04

Daily Express

2025 words

July 22, 1991, p. 23

"Proms Scale the Best of British"

001--041

September 2, 1991, p. 33

"A Racing Certainty on the Turf Turns Into a Saddle Soap"

043--106

September 3, 1991, p. 29

"Cooking Boom for Absolute Beginners"

108--155

September 19, 1991, p. 32

"Global Warming to Witty John's Fantasy Sessions"

157--177

September 9, 1991, p. 31

"Cilla's Dating Game Is Blind to Change"

179--231

December 20, 1991, p. 33

"Bitch Is the Loser in Double Trouble" (shortened)

233--256

 

 

 

typographical error:

Bronte corrected to Brontë (170)

 

ambiguous hyphen:

half-hour (237)

 

<&|>sic!:

the cliche instead of cliché (193)

 

 

 

 

C05

The Times

2002 words

April 18, 1991, p. 22

"Henry IV, Part I"

001--061

April 18, 1991, p. 22

"Theatre: Matador"

063--108

May 22, 1991, p. 18

"Theatre: Eight Miles High"

110--149

May 22, 1991, p. 18

"Theatre: Getting Attention"

151--190

May 22, 1991, p. 18

"Theatre: Harry Conmick Jnr" (shortened)

192--221

 

 

 

ambiguous hyphen:

all-round (196)

 

<&|>sic!:

absentedly-mindedly (52)

 

 

 

 

C06

Daily Mail

2009 words

July 22, 1991, p. 24

"Paula Leads Us a Merry Dance"

001--086

July 22, 1991, p. 24

"Nothing to Make Pip Squeak"

088--146

September 7, 1991, p. 20

"From Pop to the Pope" (shortened)

148--212

 

 

 

typographical error:

other corrected to others (72)

 

 

 

 

C07

The Observer

2021 words

April 14, 1991, p. 63

"Extraordinary, Jesus or Not"

001--085

April 14, 1991, p. 61

"Post--Revolution Treasure Trove"

087--200

July 28, 1991, p. 51 

"Caribbean Orange Juice" (shortened)

202--227

 

The Observer © Copyright The Observer, London 1991

 

 

 

 

ambiguous hyphen:

die-hards (55)

 

<&|>sic!:

annihilation of Quintilus Varus's legions (76) 

 

 

 

C08

The Sunday Times

2024 words

May 26, 1991, p. 6-3

"Nothing Left to Win"

001--061

May 26, 1991, p. 5-7

"Festivals Blessed by Mixed Marriages"

063--181

May 26, 1991, p. 5-11

"Murder, Melodrama and Mistaken Identity" (shortened)

183--218

 

 

 

ambiguous hyphen:

blunderbuss-brandishing (104)

 

 

show-stoppers (142)

 

 

movie-buffs (190)

 

<&|>sic!:

he directed Beaumarchais's comedy (76)

 

 

 

 

C09

The Sunday Telegraph

2008 words

May 26, 1991, p. XIV

"All Is Far From True"

001--117

May 26, 1991, p. XIV

"A Threadbare Club Tie" (shortened)

119--208

 

 

 

<&|>sic!:

etc instead of etc. (193)

 

 

 

 

C10

The Sunday Times

2006 words

May 26, 1991, p. 6-5

"Bio--Degradable Scandal"

001--063

May 26, 1991, p. 5-17

"Announcing a Poor State of Health"

065--158

May 26, 1991, p. 5-8

"It Takes 17 to Tango But Fewer to Flamenco" (shortened)

160--213

 

 

 

typographical error:

a corrected to an (8)

 

 

 

 

C11

Sunday Express

2007 words

July 28, 1991, p. 40-41

"Sinners and Winners. Dahl Says Farewell With an Enchanting Tale of Naugthiness"

001--043

July 28, 1991, p. 61

"Viv Hits the Spot on a Slow Wicket"

045--116

July 28, 1991, p. 60

"Maid in the Grand Style"

118--167

July 28, 1991, p. 60

"Butter--Fingered Monster Is a Cut Above the Rest"

169--210

July 28, 1991, p. 40-41

"Lively Exile Is Out to Lay His African Ghosts to Rest" (shortened)

212--249

 

 

 

ambiguous hyphen:

well-paced (142)

 

 

 

 

C12

The Times Literary Supplement

2002 words

July 12, 1991, p. 17

"Armchair Arias"

001--064

July 12, 1991. p.15

"With the Naked Eye"

066--144

July12, 1991, p. 25

"The One and the Many" (shortened)

146--204

 

 

 

typographical error:

calender corrected to calendar (143)

 

<&|>sic!:

Lewis's guiding idea (158)

 

 

in Lewis's view (170)

 

 

Lewis's overall conception (189)

 

 

Lewis's reconstruction (196)

 

 

 

 

C13

The Times Literary Supplement

2011 words

July 12, 1991, p. 5

"The Spellbinding Story--Tellers" (shortened)

001--227

 

 

 

<&|>sic!:

epigrams colored by mythology instead of coloured (190)

 

 

 

C14

The Times Higher Education Supplement

2008 words

September 6, 1991, p. 26

"Breezy Whistles From the Subway"

001--081

September 6, 1991, p. 26

"From Hysteric to Analyst"

083--147

September 6, 1991, p. 19

"Young Artists in the Market Place"

149--215

 

 

 

typographical error:

hypoststasises corrected to hypostases (41)

 

 

dyptych's corrected to diptychs (167)

 

ambiguous hyphen:

self-defeating (120)

 

<&|>sic!:

Rosseau instead of Rouseau (8)

 

 

 

 

C15

Cambridge Evening News

2003 words

May 28, 1991, p. 9

"Life and Survival in the Park..."

001--048

July 29, 1991, p. 13

"Scrawny Voice Just Too Much These Days"

050--087

July 29, 1991, p. 12-13

"With and Without Soul"

089--141

July 29, 1991, p. 9

"Delights of Tea, Scones and Poetry"

143--164

July 29, 1991, p. 9

"Delicate and Classy Performance Marks the End of Festival Era"

166--206

July 29, 1991, p. 9

"Folk Spectacular Goes Out in Style"

208--245

 

 

 

ambiguous hyphen:

off-putting (7)

 

 

song-writers (64)

 

 

 

 

C16

Evening Post (Nottingham)

2009 words

October 25, 1991, p. 41

"Poetic Turn of Wit"

001--041

October 25, 1991, p. 41

"Sounds Comical"

043--067

October 26, 1991, p. 21

"Peta and Pete Get in the Beat"

069--086

October 26, 1991, p. 21

"Backing Off Live Bands"

088--125

October 28, 1991, p. 17

"Marriner Rules the Air Waves"

127--167

October 28, 1991, p. 17

"Blue Moods?"

169--197

October 28, 1991, p. 17

"Kylie Turns on the Style"

199--237

October 28, 1991, p. 17

"Songs Evoke Tudor Times"

239--253

 

 

 

typographical error:

complimented corrected to complemented (103) 

 

squeemish corrected to squeamish (121)

 

 

miniscule corrected to minuscule (210)

 

<&|>sic!:

gobbeldy-gook instead of gobbledygook (185) 

 

 

 

C17

Cornish Guardian

2012 words

May 30, 1991, p. 20

"Star Most Impressed"

001--029

July 25, 1991, p. 24

"Susan Taps Inner Strength"

031--076

July 25, 1991, p. 21

"Choir Welcomes Canadian Friends"

078--122

September 19, 1991, p. 26

"Guardian At the Movies" (shortened)

124--187

September 19, 1991, p. 23

"New Releases by Matt Vinyl: Van Morrison: Hymns to Silence"

189--218

 

 

 

typographical error:

dignatories corrected to dignitaries (93)

 

 

repetoire corrected to repertoire (108, 114)

 

 

acompanied corrected to accompanied (112) 

 

aquired corrected to acquired (116)

 

 

cobined corrected to combined (118)

 

 

surburban corrected to suburban (164)

 

 

mails corrected to malls (165)

 

 

narrting corrected to narrating (195)

 

 

qwuality corrected to quality (201)

 

 

Noone corrected to No-one (202)

 

 

petentious corrected to pretentious (205)

 

 

Chieftans corrected to Chieftains (216)

 

<&>sic!.

The Vancouver Welsh Mens Choir (83, 86, 102, 120, 121) 

 

I'd rather being making jam (128)