24 OCTOBER 1981, page 25

Arts

Some historical problems Peter Ackroyd The French Lieutenant's Woman ('AA', Odeon Haymarket) I can understand why certain critics didn't like it. It is a highly contrived film,......

Art

Undercurrents John McEwen The death of the painter Nicholas de Stael in 1955 has come to be regarded as something of a watershed in post-War art, marking as it does the......