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Cinema

Melbourne age Peter Ackroyd Lonely Hearts ('PG', Academy One) I begins with a funeral which goes 'slightly, and farcically, awry: thus setting the tone for a film which,......

Arts

Edinburgh '84 Allan Massie T his year's is an optimistic Festival. The reason is not hard to seek: there is a new Director. The Edinburgh Festival is a fickle jade, who thrills......