29 SEPTEMBER 1990, page 41

A Poet Among The Barbarians

Peter Vansittart TAMGAR by Flora Fraser Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £13, pp.256 H istorical novels carry no great critical esteem, though to sneer is easier than to achieve.......

Arts

Op er a Spine-tingling Rupert Christiansen Ariane and Bluebeard (Grand Theatre, Leeds) Angas as the Doctor in the new ENO production of Berg's masterpiece reason — seemed to......