3 SEPTEMBER 1977, page 24

Music

Italian vivacity James Harding Italian opera is a rich preserve for those of us who cherish the absurdity that endears — and endures. It revels in a dottiness far removed from......

Books Wanted

UNDISCOVERED SCOTLAND by W.H. Murray. Write Spectator Box No. 777. ONLY MY SISTER, Rev. G.R. Wynne, SPCK 1892; 'Grumble', Mrs T. Erskine, SPCK 1686; 'The Dim Lantern', Temple......

Television

Camera eye Richard Ingrams Considerable excitement was generated last week by the showing of The Case of Yolande McShane on Yorkshire TV. Mr Michael Deakin, head of the......