14 AUGUST 1971, page 21

Cinema

Not making it CHRISTOPHER HUDSON Villain (' X ' ABC 1) is another moulting wreath on the coffin of the British gangster film. Richard Burton, piggily unpleasant as Vic Dakin an......

The Spectator's Arts Round-up

THEATRE Opening in London: John Osborne's new play, West of Suez, with Ralph Richardson and Jill Bennett in the cast, at the Royal Court, July 17. Worth seeing in London: Ian......

Will Waspe's Whispers

Paymaster-General Lord Eccles, Minister with responsibility for the Arts, would seem also about to assume a more specific responsibility for crafts. When the Lords reassemble he......