31 JULY 1999, page 44

Radio

Don't drop it Michael Vestey A ter one of her Sunday lunches had gone into extra time, a close friend asked me how she could retune her car radio from Radio Four long wave to......

Cinema

Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (12, selected cinemas) Celebrating naffness Mark Steyn I f memory serves, I believe I hailed Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery......

Television

Mob rule Simon Hoggart T he Sopranos (Channel 4) is the first mob soap opera, and combines favourite elements of both genres. You can charac- terise a soap by the worst news a......