<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:46:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@laurenceh/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Primacy of Melody]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Primacy of Melody (1) As ‘the New Lyricist’, I am of course dedicated to writing music based on line and melody. ‘Melody’ is not in fact a terribly easy concept to define. Parry, in the version of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@laurenceh/the-primacy-of-melody</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@laurenceh/the-primacy-of-melody</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[laurenceh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:56:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's death knell?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The current ‘migrant crisis’ is much more than a passing emergency – in my opinion it is sounding the final death-knell of European civilisation as we have known it. Consider these points: The UK has had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@laurenceh/europe-s-death-knell</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@laurenceh/europe-s-death-knell</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[laurenceh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:36:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>