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Cinema

Unhappy medium Hilary Mantel T wenty-five per cent of Americans are 'born-again Christians' — or so Douglas Kennedy claims in his Bible-belt trave- logue In God's Country. He......

Theatre

King Lear (Lyttelton) Three Sisters (Royal Court) Balancing acts Christopher Edwards 0 ur tirst sight of the old man in this new production of King Lear is not en- couraging.......