21 MAY 1983, page 34

High Life

Downcast Taki T always thought that when God created 1 dirt he meant it for earthworms, not peo- ple. As I grow older, however, and attend the kind of freak show I've just......

Opera

Covered wagon Rodney Milnes Manon Lescaut (Covent Garden) T he Royal Opera's newish Manon Lescaut has been jumped upon from a great height by most of the heavy press, I suppose......

Television

Death warrant Richard Ingrams I can never see Russell Harty now without thinking of the late jailbird Frank Norman and his generous offer once made to me to come out of......