18 SEPTEMBER 1999, page 72

Gardens

Treasure store Ursula Buchan King of the Pippins' by William Hooker W hatever happened about the Lindley Library? This question has surely been at the very forefront of readers'......

Opera

Master of melody Michael Tanner H ow can anyone not love Weber, and in particular Der Freischiitz, which even if it doesn't contain his greatest music, is cer- tainly his most......