23 DECEMBER 1955, page 20

Art

ITALY is now, I suspect, a more fashionable source of artistic modes than France; the use and appreciation of Italian products, whether they be clothes or china by Fornasetti,......

Television

THE first part of , the BBC's Othello, advance publicity told us, had been filmed; only when the Moor landed on Cyprus would the action become 'live.' Because of the greater......

Cinema

THE BIG KNIPE. (Gaumont.) ---- DAVY Caocxerr. (Studio One.) The Big Knife, taken (but not very far) from Clifford Odets's play, is an indictment of Hollywood, and as presented......

Zbe Oputator

DECEMBER 25, 1830 SIR WALTER SCOTT.—At the meeting of th creditors of Sir Walter Scott, which was itch at Edinburgh on the 17th instant, the followals resolution was unanimously......