23 OCTOBER 1999, page 68

Cinema

Tarzan (U, selected cinemas) Simply Irresistible (12, selected cinemas) King of the swingers Mark Steyn M ost of us assumed Tarzan had been buried with Johnny Weissmuller a......

Television

What a mishmash Simon Hoggart M chael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (BBC 1) is an extraordinary mishmash. We began with PalM on a Suffolk beach, illus- trating the kind of dreary......

Radio

Mind your language Michael Vestey T he history of the English language is a vast subject not easily explored on radio and television, but Melvyn Bragg is making a good job of it......