22 OCTOBER 1994, page 60

Sale-rooms

The age of the stone Alistair McAlpine O n 31 October Sotheby's in New York will have an unusually good sale of Tribal Art. These days sales of tribal art tend to be sales of......

Cinema

Pulp Fiction (`18', selected cinemas) Passing motions Mark Steyn P ulp is a lurid style of American serial fiction so-called because of the cheap qual- ity of paper used. But,......

Op E Ra Die Walkiire (royal Opera House)

Total pandemonium Rupert Christiansen I Vs like a terrible hangover: I woke up this morning groaning and now sit down to write in a sweat, not quite sure where I was last night......