28 MAY 1988, page 28

It Takes Two To Tell The Truth

Charles Glass N ations and empires are constructed on myths, from the Roman belief that Aeneas and the survivors of Troy founded their republic to the Zimbabwean idea that their......

Too Many People Enjoy Themselves

Geoffrey Wheatcroft THE GRAND OBSESSION: A COLLINS ANTHOLOGY OF OPERA edited by Rupert Christiansen Collins, fI6, pp. 447 E asing himself into armchair with cigar lit and......

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