10 JANUARY 1987, page 29

Vat And The Arts

Fighting goose Alistair Hicks Most of the EEC proposals on VAT would seriously damage Britain's ability to make money out of art and antiques. The question of export of antiques......

Arts

A fter battling bravely against cancer for more than a year, the great Russian film director, Andrey Tarkovsky, died in Paris last week aged only 54. The loss is profound not......

Cinema

Beaujolais and old lace Peter Ackroyd T he film begins with a religious bless- ing, which always spells trouble in French films — especially since this is what is generally......