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Television

The sleep of reason Nigella Lawson F orget Ford Madox Ford (ne Ford Her- mann Hueffer), this is the saddest story: every night the grandmother of a friend of mine settles down......

Exhibitions

Impressionism to Symbolism: the Belgian Avant-Garde 1880-1900 (Royal Academy, till 2 October) Clash of cymbols Giles Auty T hat an exhibition of Belgian art from the turn of the......

Cinema

Go Fish ('18', selected cinemas) Gypsy ('U', MGM, Shaftesbury Avenue) Crumbling dykes Mark Steyn I 'm not a lecturer in lesbian film studies or anything, but it seems to me......