7 FEBRUARY 1981, page 25

Arts

The master builder Gavin Stamp 'Bofill is the greatest architect in the world', once claimed Giscard d'Estaing an opinion which may not commend Ricardo Bofill to Spectator......

Art

Long faces John Mc Ewen Art from Africa can be seen at the Commonwealth Institute (till 5 April) and is Predictably of more ethnolo g ical, sociological interest than anythin g......

Cinema

The old realism Peter Ackroyd Loulou ('X', selected cinemas) 'Shove off, Domini q ue, you're a dra g .' Gerard Depardieu washes his face, and the water swirls around the dirty......