11 JANUARY 1986, page 44

Cinema

Defence of the Realm (` PG', Odeon Haymarket) A secret state Peter Ackroyd F rom its first scenes Defence of the Realm effortlessly evokes the tone of the `thriller', no less in......

Arts

Music A class prejudice Peter Phillips T he delight of the Treasure Houses of Britain exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington only indirectly lies in the......