22 January 1999
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From the Editor…
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Cover story
Goodbye to all that boiled cabbage
After many centuries of indifference, the British have suddenly become obsessed with their food
Features
I vow to thee, my superstate
John Lloydfears that British ministers have underestimated the EU's drive to political union and that, with Mandelson gone, they have no strategy to cope
Why the Pope moved me to tears
Cristina Odonethinks that the left should honour John Paul II more than it does
An eldorado of two billion armpits
Bankrupt companies, insolvent banks, astronomical debts: China is in trouble and the west had better take notice, warns Jonathan Mirsky
A licence to kill those damned ads
Commercial-free, not commercial-minded, is how we want Auntie
French lessons for Ken and Jeffrey
Smart gloves for street cleaners, chocolates for pensioners: David Lawdayoffers tips from Paris for future London mayors
When Labour played the racist card
Newly released cabinet papers reveal the shocking truth behind James Callaghan's 1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Bill. Mark Lattimer reports
A time to dream again
New Labour's policies will lead to a more equal society. So why doesn't it say so? ByNeal Lawson
Arts & Culture
The unanswerable lightness of being
Overfamiliar? Yes. Overblown? No.Andrew Motion follows Monet's rapt gaze from the Thames and the Grand Canal to that lake and those water lilies
One of a kind
Jazz byRichard Cook
Germany calling
Film byJonathan Romney
Steps unseen
Dance byDavid Jays
Hymns of praise
Classical byDermot Clinch
Books
A nail in the coffin of humanity. The genetic revolution is in its infancy but its effects will define the next century. So who will monitor the scientists? A humanist polemic warns of the dangers ahead
Brave New Worlds: Genetics and the Human Experience
Bryan Appleyard HarperCollins, 188pp, £16.99
Mad cow in Ireland
Battling for Peace
Richard Needham Blackstaff Press, 352pp, £20
Annihilating reason
Dr Strangelove, I Presume
Michael Foot Gollancz, 241pp, £16.99
The female gaze
Julia Margaret Cameron's Women
Sylvia Wolf Yale University Press, 243pp, £35
Auto-destruction
Sir Vidia's Shadow
Paul Theroux Hamish Hamilton, 384pp, £17.99
Observations
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