24 OCTOBER 1981, page 24

More Filth

Lewis Jones The Comfort of Strangers Ian McEwan (Cape pp. 134, £5.50) Ian McEwan is by Creative Writing (University of East Anglia in the Sixties, where he was trained by......

Arts

Some historical problems Peter Ackroyd The French Lieutenant's Woman ('AA', Odeon Haymarket) I can understand why certain critics didn't like it. It is a highly contrived film,......