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Cinema

Backbeat (`15', Selected Cinemas) Softly Softley Mark Steyn N ot for the first time, the poster sells the picture short: `He had to choose between his best friend, the woman he......

Television

The worst word imaginable Martyn Harris B ugger, I discovered on Saturday bene- fit of Auberon Waugh, had nothing to do with anal intercourse in its origin but derives from......

Theatre

Paul Merton (London Palladium) The Case of the Rebellious Susan (Orange Tree, Richmond) Hot Shoe Shuffle (Queens) What the poodles wanted Sheridan Morley W est End theatre......