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Salerooms

The heart that counts Alistair McAlpine O n 14 July Christie's are selling an early painting by the late Sir Sidney Nolan who is rightly regarded as one of Aus- tralia's leading......

Cinema

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (`18, selected cinemas) Remote canoodling Mark Steyn E lizabeth Hurley is such a perfect model of contemporary short-cut celebrity — famous for wearing a......

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......