5 JANUARY 1991, page 32

Art

Modern times Giles Auty S ince so many art galleries are closed over Christmas and I am, in any case, loafing in agreeable sunshine in the village of Gualchos in the foothills......

Cinema

Arachnaphobia (PG', Odeon Leicester Square) Eight legs good Mark Amory I n newspapers in 1963 the unexplained statement appeared, 'The Birds is Com- ing'. Well, the spiders is......

Television

Nice bits of fluff Martyn Harris A fter three months in the job it seems presumptuous to offer a balanced review of last year's television, so I shall only men- tion what I......

Christopher Edwards Will Resume His Theatre Column Next...

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