22 FEBRUARY 1992, page 38

Sale-rooms

Maxwell's house Alistair McAlpine I suppose one should never speak ill of the dead. Ironically, in the case of the likes of the late Mr Robert Maxwell, it is the only time to......

Cinema

Barton Fink (`15', Lumiere) Who gives a fink? Vanessa Letts T here were all sorts of things I liked about Barton Fink. There was the most realistic portrayal of a man vomiting I......

Colin Firth

In her column last week Vanessa Letts referred to a performance she attribut- ed to Colin Firth, in the film The Plea- sure Principle. In fact, the actor concerned was Peter......