22 SEPTEMBER 1979, page 26

An Academic Approach

John McEwen Inflation breeds academicism; that, at least, is the most obvious lesson of the visual art offerings at Edinburgh this season, notably in the form of 'Degas 1879'......

Private Lives

Peter Jenkins Outside Edge (Queens) Private Life of the Third Reich (Open Space) Love's Labour's Lost (RSC, Aldwych) One powerful image can go a long way in an evening at the......