22 OCTOBER 1988, page 53

Television

Fast forward Wendy Cope t has been one of those weeks when there's no time to watch anything until the last minute. A lot of stuff gets recorded and the pile of inadequately......

Theatre

Hedda Gabler (Hampstead) The Tempest (Old Vic) Untimely laughter Christopher Edwards W hat drives us some way towards sympathising with Ibsen's wretched Hedda Gabler (Lindsay......

Cinema

Torch-songs to pessimism Hilary Mantel T olstoy tells us that all unhappy families are unhappy after their own fashion, but I wonder. Terence Davies, who both directed and......