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VALENTINES SPECIAL I BARBARA CARTLAND The last surviving bastion of Romance, she’s the queen of crépe-de-ehine, and she’s got a romantic message for you.
VALENTINES SPECIAL II FINDING TRUE LOVE Our sadly sex-starved researcher cruises the classifieds, and auditions for Blind Date.
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HAZEL O’CONNOR Battle-scarred but unbowed, the Breaking Glass star gets back on the road and heads for Livingston.
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CLAUSE 25 A different number, but, as Sir Ian McKellen explains, with potentially the same effect as Clause 28 — criminalising the everyday behaviour of lesbians and gays.
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POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE As Carrie Fisher becomes the latest Hollywood heroine to have her drug-addiction dramatised, Paul W. Hullah chronicles the all-too-common decline from celebrity to casualty.
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ART 51 61 FILM............... .... .....18 65 MUSIC ....... 31 THEATRE. ......... .... .. 45
Scottish Opera’s Fidelio is reviewed on the music pages.
LISTINGS
ART ................. 52 ewes. ........ .... .....62 FILMINDEX ..... LISTINGS 20 KIDS.... ...... MEDIA.... ..... MUSICCLASSICAL ..... ..42 FOLK&WORLD 41 LIGHT.... ........... .. 4o JAZZ .... ROCK&BLUES .... ..37 OPEN ....... .... .......60 spam ............... 58 THEATRE............. .... ..47 CABARET............. 50 DANCE................ so
BACKLIST
SKIPTHE MEMORIES..... 69 BOOKS .......... ...... .. 7O CLASSIFIED 75
CDMPETITIDNS.... .... 79 FOOD ........ 72 LETTERS ................. .. 80 TRAVEL ......... 74
The List 8- 21 February 19911