26 NOVEMBER 1988, page 61

Cinema

The Nature of the Beast (PG', Cannons Haymarket, Tottenham Court Road) Animal magic Hilary Mantel T his week's idle enquiry: whatever became of the Beast of Exmoor? Three or......

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The last connoisseur Peter Watson There is, however, no shortage of ironies or paradoxes in this situation. The most poignant is the sight of bankers and finan- ciers, normally......