Introduced by David Jones

Bron and Bird
In a sketch specially written for Review, Eleanor Bron and John Bird report on the visit of the Hangchow National Theatre to the World Theatre Season and the perils of simultaneous translation.

Good Taste
How much can you tell about a person by the way they furnish their home? Review asked designer David Hicks and ex-lady's maid Margaret Powell to choose their ideal living-room: their differing choices offer a light-hearted look at the psychology of good taste.

Victoria on a Suree
Little is known about Queen Victoria's visit to the West Indies, but Jonathan Routh has uncovered a revealing journal of the great lady's last years and has celebrated Her Majesty's many pastimes during this eventful holiday with a recent exhibition of paintings.

Stockhausen's 'Stimmung'
'I am not making my music, but transcribing the vibrations I receive. I am a radio receiver...'
'Play a vibration in the rhythm of your smallest particle. Play a vibration in the rhythm of the universe...'
These statements come from the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen who, like the astrologists, believes that we are now leaving the age of the intellect and entering a spiritual age, where the accent will fall on the intuitive. In Review Stockhausen talks about his music, with excerpts from Stimmung ('Atmosphere') which has been described as one of the great landmarks of Western music.

(David Jones is a member of the RSC)
(Colour)