23 AUGUST 1997, page 40

Opera

Charm is not enough Michael Tanner I t seems unfair that Gorecki and Arvo Part should be credited with, if not the invention, then the major exploitation of `holy minimalism'......

Fun On The Fringe

Renata Rubnikowicz is outraged, astonished and exhilarated in Edinburgh F rom George Street to Cowgate, the word on the Edinburgh Fringe is: stand-up is dead, long live......