6 FEBRUARY 1988, page 37

Television

Temps perdu Wendy Cope A week ago on Wednesday, Stuart Bell, Labour MP for Middlesbrough, appeared on News at Ten (ITV) to com- ment on the health authority's decision to move......

Opera

Parsifal (Covent Garden) Forty years on Rodney MIInes M aybe Wagner and Cosima were right to try and restrict performances of Parsifal to Bayreuth. There is no getting away from......

Cinema

The Stepfather (`18', selected cinemas) Don't disappoint dad Hilary Mantel ne of the annoying things about Fatal Attraction was hearing people say what a good little thriller it......