11 JULY 1998, page 45

Television

Local hero Edward Heathcoat Amory E ven before this government encour- aged me to explore my regional identity, I knew I belonged in the West Country. Born and bred on a farm in......

Cinema

Mad City (15, selected cinemas) Sling Blade (15, selected cinemas) Dangerous power Mark Steyn T here are two kinds of America in motion pictures: in one, the electronic world —......

Radio

Excuses, excuses Michael Vestey I once made the mistake of driving the hundreds of miles from Washington to Charleston in South Carolina, a journey of almost unrelieved tedium;......