19 AUGUST 2000, page 45

Opera

Passion and principle Michael Tanner D avid Hockney's designs for and John Cox's production of Stravinsky's climactic and final neo-classical work, The Rake's Progress, are......

Television

My advice: escape Marcus Berkmann T he teasing little trailers have started. The Fawlty Towers repeats are coming to an end. The sun may be out, the nights may not be noticeably......

Radio

Sketches from the Seine Michael Vestey W hen Jon Sopel was appointed the BBC's Paris correspondent last year, one of his first tasks was to clear out an office. He found files......