13 November 1998

He's an awful gossip, I'm a historian

By Katie Grant

Katie Grantthinks that Ron Davies' descendants will be delighted he got his name in the papers

Shock: King Herod turns green

By Michael Jacobs

Michael Jacobs thinks that, before very long, we really will have an energy tax

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The German who worries new Labour

By John Lloyd

Peter Mandelson is keeping a watchful eye on Oskar Lafontaine.John Lloydexplains

Colonialism returns to South Africa

By R W Apple

To fury from the left, big companies are moving from Johannesburg to London. R W Johnsonexplains the historic implications

The scandal of the tax havens

By David Boyle

Offshore financial centres, such as Jersey and the Bahamas, now play host to a third of the world's total wealth. David Boyleexplains why Britain must act

The city of buried secrets

By Christopher Hope

Near your left foot, the Hitler bunker; by your right heel, the Gestapo torture chambers. Christopher Hope wonders if Berlin can ever lose its ghosts

Hague can't afford to miss this trick

By Tessa Keswick

Find the heir to the House of Lords and save yourselves, Tessa Keswicktells the Tories

Diary

Former prisoner Stephen Fry told Pentonville inmates that, after public school, jail was easy

By Stephen Tumim

Geri Halliwell may appeal to six-year-old girls, but that doesn't make her the right person to relaunch the Women's Unit

By Mary Riddell

Having a fun time in New Orleans: the latest recruits (sorry, "alumni") of latter-day Reaganism

By John Pilger

A majority of blacks say: racism is on its last legs

By Darcus Howe

This England

This Norway

I'm a sucker for cereal packet special offers. The square Cadbury's mug was a particular disaster

By Sean French

Media

Tell us the truth: are the papers ruled by a mafia of gossips?

By Peter Wilby

Media

In these days of orgasmic bliss for all, it's a relief to discover a healthy disgust of bodily fluids

By Laurie Taylor

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne