10 JUNE 1995, page 49

Crafts

Japanese Studio Crafts: Tradition and the Avant-Garde (V&A, till 3 September) All of a flutter Tanya Harrod T he Japanese crafts revival began — like the British Arts and Crafts......

Opera

Billy Budd (Covent Garden) Hello, sailor Martin Vander Weyer A new opera with an 18th-century naval theme must have sounded like a splendid idea to the commissioners of the......