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Saturday 17 May 2008

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Arts

Iron Lady

Macbeth
Opera North

Punch and Judy
Young Vic

The Minotaur
Covent Garden

Don Giovanni
English Touring Opera, Cambridge

Moving and magical

Roberto Alagna
Barbican

Simon Boccanegra
Royal Opera House

The Merry Widow
Coliseum

BBC as saviour

Afternoon Play (BBC Radio 4); World Play (BBC World Service)

Faking it

Artful Codgers (Channel 4); My Israel (BBC4)

Exhibition suspicion

Martin Gayford questions the point of art shows. Should they educate or give pleasure — or both?

Arts

‘Seeing by doing’

William Feaver explains how his book ‘Pitmen Painters’ inspired a new play at the National

Presentation over content

Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book
V&A, until 29 June

Books

But what about justice, fairness and honesty?

Alan Judd reads James Griffin's account of human rights

Style & Travel

What's in a name?

Quite a lot, says Matthew Dennison — and it’s not all good

Sacred heights

Simon Courtauld pays homage to one of the world’s great sights

Meet James Purnell: the best hope Labour has of avoiding disaster

Fraser Nelson says that the 38-year-old Work and Pensions Secretary is the best candidate to succeed Gordon Brown. Already surging ahead at his department, he has the gift of sounding like an ordinary human being — and he understands the Cameron Conservative party

Fraser Nelson

I never want to be as insecure as Olivier

Tim Walker talks to Greta Scacchi about her new role in The Deep Blue Sea, the gaucheness of Bill Murray — and being offered the lead in Basic Instinct

Tim Walker

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