05 March 1999

From the Editor…

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Cover story

The death of privacy: j'accuse!

Public people can no longer have private lives. John Lloydargues that Monica, Diana, the feminists and the tabloids must share the blame

Features

That damned elusive Chancellor

Is Brown old or new Labour? Diane Coylefinds him stealthily helping the poor, but warns he must eventually come clean on the public sector

Red Nose Day is less funny than a fire in an orphanage

Melanie McDonagh

And the loser is enjoying her lunch

Brenda Maddoxreveals the jury-room secrets behind the glitter of the awards ceremony

Thought control is not the answer

Peregrine Worsthorne examines the roots of his generation's racist beliefs

Thought control is not the answer . . . and nor is demonising the Met

Ziauddin Sardar finds that racism is in the air we breathe, not just in one institution

The capital has a new Pretender

Steve Richardsdetects a surprising candidate for mayor of London waiting in the wings

Soak the rich and save the Tories

Andrew Marrgenerously offers tips to William Hague (and Ffion) on how to prevent his party whistling its way to oblivion

Can Nigeria make the transition?

Everyone knows the elections weren't fair, but Christina Lambfinds the people philosophical

Scotland - The Tories should ditch the Union

John Lloyd advises Scots Conservatives to back an independent nation of Thatcherite enterprise

Scotland - A new political generation in Scotland that looks rather like the last one

Home rule campaigners once hoped a Scottish Parliament might usher in a different breed of politician. Not yet, reports Kirsty Milne

Rule one: everybody must agree

The real purpose of the pro-Europe alliance is to stifle democracy, believes Tony Benn

The euro shrapnel starts to fly

The sceptics need respectable politicians and telegenic faces if they are to have any hope. That is why David Owen is so important

Essay

The New Statesman Essay - Goodbye to all that wage slavery

Democracy can benefit from the end of full employment, argues Ulrich Beck

Culture

Sense and sensuality

Sex ran like a river through the life and work of Lee Miller. Charles Darwent reassesses the model, surrealist and war photographer

Clashing symbols

Rock byRichard Cook

Same new thing

Film byJonathan Romney

Sight and sound

Film Music byPhil Johnson

Caves de nos jours

Design byHugh Aldersey-Williams

Outside in

Television

Books

Kicked into touch

Football Memories Brian Glanville Virgin Publishing, 280pp, £16.99 France and the 1998 World Cup Editors Hugh Dauncey and Geoff Hare Frank Cass Publishers, 256pp, hardback £35; paperback £16

The price of peace

Murder in the name of God: the plot to kill Yitzhak Rabin Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman Granta, 292pp, £13.99

Novel of the week

The Museum Guard Howard Norman Picador, 310pp, £15.99

Male bonding

I Am No Longer Myself Without You: an anatomy of love Jonathan Rutherford Flamingo, 184pp, £12.99

Wordsworth's Stone

An original poem

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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