It's not all doom and gloom however - Jean Paul Goude's mother
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It's not all doom and gloom, however - Jean Paul Goude's mother and child image is a startling take on early Japanese prints, while Cameron Watt's cauliflower (left), taken from Sainsbury's The Magazine, effectively conveys what we've all been spoon fed. Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Rd, London W14 (0171-602 3316) 15 Dec-28 Jan. It's that time of year again when we brace ourselves for the inevitable media flurry of reflections on the past year.1997's will be dominated by the death of the Princess of Wales; indeed this is one of the subjects touched on in the new exhibition at the The Gallery of the Association of Photographers, in which 60 professionals, including Nick Knight, Brian Harris and Tom Stoddart, have been invited to nominate their favourite image from the year. A series of special events will run in conjunction with the exhibition, including a theatrical production of Sheherezade by Mike Kenney together with storytelling and school events. The colourful displays explore the origins of the Tales, their enormous popularity during the 19th century, fuelled by the Victorians' obsession with lands of Eastern promise, and their contribution to the enduring spirit of pantomime.
Visitors will find the Winter Studio of Leighton House transformed in to an Aladdin's cave, while other features include 19th-century toys in costume, toy theatres from Pollocks Toy Museum and illustrations from children's books. The standard line is that we play The Babe, The DA, then Driving Miss Daisy. I hope The DA's a few years off for me yet."She need have no worries on that score.`The Woman in White' will be shown in two parts: Sun 28 Dec at 8.50pm and Mon 29 Dec at 9.30pm on BBC1. If you're seeking a family alternative to the "he's-behind-you" predictability of most pantomimes, then a new exhibition at the Leighton House Museum promises to be an enlightening distraction. "To put it crassly, it would take a war to change that dramatically," she laments. "What depresses me is the hole that always occurs in an actress's career.
It's the same when you get married - there's not that element of availability about you. That's why they tried to stop the Beatles getting married."Nor does Hollywood feature on Fitzgerald's immediate horizon. "I had an `MGM Golden Days of Hollywood' picture in my head," she reveals. "I was shattered when I went there and saw this high-rise wasteland.
