8 SEPTEMBER 2001, page 52

Marred By Conceit

Michael Tanner H ow unsophisticated is it, I wondered as I watched Act I of Scottish Opera's new production of Die Walkiire, the second instalment of its complete Ring cycle, to......

Buy Me A Bootlace Tie

Marcus Berkmann C urious though this may seem, the words 'country music' can make some people shudder involuntarily and others run screaming from the room, never to return.......

Seeds Of Doubt

Michael Vestey F ifty years ago next August much of the village of Lynmouth on the north Devon coast was washed away by torrents of flood water pouring off Exmoor. Nine inches......