cricket correspondent of The Manchester Guardian in 1919, and its chief
music critic in 1927, holding both posts until 1940. His contributions
to these two distinct fields in the years before the Second World War
established his reputation as one of the foremost critics of his
generation. He considered music criticism as his principal vocation.
Without any formal musical training, he was initially influenced by
Samuel Langford and Ernest Newman, but developed his own individual
style of criticism—subjective, romantic and personal, in contrast to
the objective analysis practised by Newman. Cardus's opinions and
judgments were often forthright and unsparing, which sometimes caused
friction with leading performers. Nevertheless his personal charm and
gregarious manner enabled him to form lasting friendships in the
cricketing and musical worlds, with among others Newman, Thomas Beecham
and Donald Bradman. Cardus spent the Second World War years in
Australia, where he wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald and gave regular
radio talks. In his last years he became an inspirational figure to
aspiring young writers.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Cardus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1513:
Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León reached Florida,
becoming the first European known to do so, purportedly while searching
for the Fountain of Youth in the New World.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n>
1801:
War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral
Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of
Copenhagen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen>
1885:
North-West Rebellion: Led by Wandering Spirit, young Cree
warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories (now
in Alberta), where they killed nine settlers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_Lake_Massacre>
1973:
The LEXIS computer-assisted legal research service launched as
a continuation of an experiment organized by the Ohio State Bar in 1967.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LexisNexis>
1982:
Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking
the Falklands War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
prosopagnosia:
A form of visual agnosia characterised by difficulty with face
recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prosopagnosia>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer hate.
You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today.
--Marvin Gaye
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye>
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