26 JANUARY 1991, page 46

Sale-rooms

A matter of timing Alistair McAlpine L ast Tuesday, Phillips the auctioneers sold, from an extremely glossy catalogue, the contents of a London office building. No ordinary......

Cinema

Postcards from the Edge (`15', Odeon Leicester Square) The veneer underneath Mark Amory I n less than ten minutes an actress, Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep), has been ticked off by......