7 AUGUST 1999, page 44

Opera

The Consul (Holland Park) Menotti exposed Michael Tanner H ow bad is Menotti, and The Consul in particular? Not that the question is of great interest in itself, but the......

Cinema

Strangers on a Train (PG, selected cinemas) Starring Hitchcock Mark Steyn I n her first novel, Strangers on a Train, Patricia Highsmith wrote: But love and hate, he thought now,......