10 DECEMBER 1994, page 47

Recent Children's Books

Juliet Townsend I t is always difficult to know whether to give a Christmassy book for Christmas. The problem is that by the time it is read the Christmas season will probably......

Arts

Record round-up Drooling over the best A good year for Wagner: well, good, but not great. All the major new recordings (I haven't yet heard DG's Lohengrin, con- ducted by......