19 NOVEMBER 1988, page 42

Cinema

Colors ('18', selected cinemas) Too late for liberals Hilary Mantel S ometimes Los Angeles is seen from above, from the whirling, swooping police helicopter. Sometimes it is......

Music

Robust masterpiece Robin Holloway I looked forward all day to the recent live broadcast of Scottish Opera's new production of Tippett's Midsummer Mar- riage. Anticipatory glow......