30 JULY 1988, page 38

Mu Sic

Choice Proms Peter Phillips T he first thing to look for in the Proms brochure is an indication of the number of foreign orchestras who are to visit us. On this statistic much......

Cinema

The Couch Trip (`15', Leicester Square Theatre) Syndicated shrink show Hilary Mantel P sychiatry is possibly the only profes- sion invented solely to be the butt of jokes, and......

High Life

Don Gabriele Taki abriele D'Annunzio is my favourite Italian. A great poet and patriot, all he thought about was women. Although short, with one eye and a cripple, he......