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Cinema

Killing Times By ISABEL QUIGLY For this is just what happens in Nine Hours to Rama (director : Mark Robson), a film that has at last beaten the record of its predecessor, Mark......

Ballet

Symphony By CLIVE BARNES IT is typical of many con- temporary artists, especially visual artists, that having once found a theme they exploit it. Francis Bacon will give us a......

Records

Heart on Sleeve By DAVID CAIRNS THE recording of La Sonnam- bula just published (Decca) celebrates Joan Sutherland's 0 return to form after her `despairing clairvoyante' phase......