29 SEPTEMBER 2001, page 48

Majestically Unglamorous

Martin Gaylord T hey are, to our eyes, some of the most unpleasing, not to say disgusting, pictures ever produced by a great artist,' Now what could have provoked such an......

A Touch Of Nature

Alan Powers I n 1966, for two weeks, my family rented a cottage near the sea in Donegal. It was built of whitewashed rubble stone, with golden thatch fastened with pegs. It had......

Tale Of Two Sittings

Michael Tanner O n 19 September the Royal Opera's season opened with a new production of Rigoletto, and the second performance, three evenings later, was televised. I saw both,......