18 JANUARY 1997, page 40

Cinema

The Preacher's Wife (PG, selected cinemas) Some Mother's Son (15, selected cinemas) On the side of angels Mark Steyn Ai yone remember the Pepper's Ghost? In 1863, it was the......

Opera

Cherubin (Covent Garden) Tasteful frippery Michael Tanner T hough it would have surprised and possibly dismayed Massenet, his frothy confection (as it is obligatorily referred......