30 OCTOBER 1982, page 33

Art

Swagger John McEwen E ven persons quite indifferent to contemporary painting may by now have got wind of the prevailing fashion for maximalism in place of minimalism, for gross......

High Life

Happy dust Taki Zurich W ell, well. How things change. My Swiss banker, who I have yet to meet, told me over the telephone that he is aghast. I can imagine what the top boys......

Television

More woffle Richard Ingrams l aving neglected the book world for l au nc h months the BBC decided last week to a but a great splurge of programmes auout books. Almost every......