And what's more . . .

The Whitechapel Gallery is holding a major retrospective of the underrated abstract expressionist Franz Kline from 8 July . . . Unbeknown to their authors, Pride and Prejudice and Martin Chuzzlewit have two things in common: they are both to be BBC classic serials, and both have Julia (Absolutely Fabulous) Sawalha in the cast . . . Yossarian and Milo Minderbinder are making a comeback in Joseph Heller's Closing Time, a sequel to his best-selling Catch 22 . . .