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Radio

Profiles Maureen Owen A rthur Ransome was evidently one of ,, those writers who responded well to dis couragement, if not to downright cruel- t Y: 'it's no worse than one of......

Cinema

Red and dead Peter Ackroyd Daniel ('15', Gates Bloomsbury and Notting 'Hill) T his exercise in the rewriting of American history opens with a lecture on the meaning of......

Television

Off colour Richard Ingrams /There are two main drawbacks to the 1 colour telly. One is blood, the other is food. In the second instalment of The Jewel in the Crown I was......