5 March 1999
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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
Regulars
Arts & 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
Books
An American tragedy. A lifetime of rejection broke John Kennedy Toole. But his aged mother believed in his talent, found a publisher for his novel and rescued his memory from oblivion
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole Penguin, 396pp, £4.99
Hearts and flowers
The Romance Fiction of Mills & Boon, 1909-90
Jay Dixon UCL Press, 218pp, £10.95
Agatha Christie and the eleven missing days
Jared Cade Peter Owen, 158pp, £18.95
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
Observations
Letters to the Editor
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