24 JANUARY 1987, page 36

Opera Otello (covent Garden)

Wagon train Rodney Milnes I t is not easy to write about the Royal Opera's new Otello without reference to its background. The company is at present the subject of intense......

Cinema

Walls of Glass (`15', selected cinemas) Down the yellow cab's road Peter Ackroyd T he film 'stars' a taxi-driver, although fortunately not an English one. Ever since the worst......

STUDENTS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO ENJOY THE SPECTATOR AT LESS THAN HALF-PRICE More stimulating than any lecture, funnier than the set books, The Spectator should be required......