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Martin James Kettle (born September 7, 1949) is a British journalist and author. The son of two prominent communist activists Arnold Kettle (best remembered as a literary critic) (1916-86) and Margot Kettle (née Gale) (1916-95), Martin Kettle was educated at Leeds Modern School and Balliol College, Oxford University.

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LSO/Harding | Classical

The argument about whether Mahler's No 10 Symphony should be granted full equality with the other nine ought to be old hat now. The tenth is a score completed by others from the composer's detailed drafts. If Mahler had lived, his final symphony would, ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, The Guardian Music,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Simon Rattle,  Christian Tetzlaff

Elizabeth Söderström, the opera star who had it all | Martin Kettle

The newspaper obituaries of opera singers, which are invariably written by anorak-coated music critics, too often take a standard and not very interesting form. Born. Studied with. Made debut as. First appeared in this country as. Much admired in the ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, The Guardian Music,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Martin Kettle,  John Pritchard

Dull, imperfect, but let's all cheer Van Rompuy's victory

It is not hard to guess what the Duke of Wellington, who knew a thing or two about big European nights in Brussels, would have said if he had found himself back in the Belgian capital yesterday evening. "Who? Who?" the by then ancient Iron Duke called ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: William Hague,  Tony Blair,  David Miliband,  Liberal Democrats,  UK Conservative Party

Brown is right: he is odds on to emulate John Major | Martin Kettle

No British prime minister ever takes his government into the fifth year of a parliament by preference. Four years is the preferred cycle of politicians and voters alike. If we had fixed-term parliaments, as we should, they would run for four years not ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Major,  Martin Kettle,  Alec Douglas-Home,  UK Conservative Party,  Clement Attlee

Queen's speech: too much politics? | Martin Kettle

Queen Elizabeth II reads out the Queen's speech at the House of Lords, during the state opening of parliament. Photograph: PA Party politics in the Queen's speech? Dear God, are there no depths to which this disgraced and disgraceful government will ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, Comment Is Free,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Martin Kettle,  Queen Elizabeth II,  House of Lords,  Liberal Democrats

John Lill | Classical review

Only one of the 18 pianists in the South Bank's international piano series has programmed music by Brahms. If this signals a wider change in taste, it is worrying. Fortunately, the sole exception, John Lill, showed he is a fully qualified master of the ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, The Guardian Music,  4 Nov 2009

How Tories could outplay Salmond

Alex Salmond takes to the stage at the SNP conference. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA It sounds exciting, doesn't it? Or at least it does until you reflect that it all depends what you mean by closer. People who have lived their whole lives in Stirling ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, The Observer,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Alex Salmond,  David Cameron,  Electoral Commission

Braveheart it ain't. Salmond's army like the taste of office | Martin Kettle

Two challenges will together shape David Cameron's putative premiership, it is often said. The first, self-evidently, is the economy. The second, less obviously but now increasingly cited, will be Scotland. Well, the Guardian has been giving away free ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, Guardian Unlimited,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  Martin Kettle,  Alex Salmond,  UK Conservative Party,  Liberal Democrats

MPs should call time on payback

Gordon Brown has been ordered to repay more than £12,000. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images It only takes one MP to go to court and get an injunction. And there are more than 600 of them at Westminster, a lot of them lawyers. So why hasn't it ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, Comment Is Free,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Nick Clegg,  Anthony Steen

True Compass by Edward Kennedy | Book review

The Kennedy brothers (from left) John, Robert and Edward. Photograph: AP As all the world knows, Joseph Kennedy had four sons. The first, Joseph Jr, was killed in action at 29 in 1944. The second, John, president of the United States, was assassinated ...

From MARTIN KETTLE, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Edward M. Kennedy,  Joe Kennedy,  Barack Obama,  Mary Jo Kopechne,  Harvard University

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