28 FEBRUARY 1998, page 43

Cinema

Amistad (15, selected cinemas) What a dinosaur Mark Steyn A mistad, says Steven Spielberg, is 'an extraordinarily important film' — and, as he's the director of it, presumably......

Television

Recording brilliance James Delingpole W hen Gilbert Adair declared that The Simpson (BBC 2, Monday) was the finest work of art currently being produced in any medium, he ended......

Radio

More jokes, please Michael Vestey W hen Gore Vidal appeared on Radio Four's Start the Week last year to discuss the thesis of a lecture he was giving that evening, I thought......