24 SEPTEMBER 1983, page 30

Cinema

Historical touches Peter Ackroyd Danton CPC', Chelsea Cinema, Kings Road D anion does not begin auspiciously: there is the guillotine, a surprisingly compact instrument which......

Television

Lasting Richard Ingrams consic onsiderin g the hu g e amount of time dering money expended on it, it is surpris- in g how miserably bad most television drama is. I think that......

High Life

Let fly Tak i I haven't had an altercation in an aeroplane on my way back and forth from Greece in months, therefore it was in- evitable that it would happen sooner rather than......