12 JANUARY 1985, page 28

Music

No ordinary men Peter Phillips I t is, then, 1985, and we are perforce to spend it in the company of several musical geniuses. The emphasis of those Who plan festivals and make......

Cinema

Film fun Peter Ackroyd T he film opens with a peculiar aphorism from Andre Gide — 'It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not'; the remark......