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Cinema

The Truman Show (PG, selected cinemas) Faking it Mark Steyn C ue the sun,' instructs Ed Harris, and, presto, dawn breaks in the small town of Seahaven. There's no real sunlight......

Opera

The Ring (Royal Opera, Albert Hall) Master of the first rank Michael Tanner Once more: Wagner is admirable and gra- cious only in the invention of what is small- est, in......