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'new Spirit' At The Academy

John McEwen The press release for the exhibition A New Spirit in Painting (Royal Academy till 18 March) says that this is the first time an international contemporary painting......

Cinema

Opera buffa Peter Ackroyd Blood Feud ('X', Odeon Kensington) There is something very agreeable about Italian films. Watching them is like being transported in a bathosphere to......