26 March 1999

Why I've no truck with truckers

By Wendy Holden

The lorry drivers' siege of London reminded Wendy Holden of really bad seventies singles

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The price of sitting on our hands

By Melanie McDonagh

Nato air strikes in Kosovo are long overdue, writesMelanie McDonagh

Our Dad was no commie

By Amanda & Jonathan Foreman

Elia Kazan, who won an Oscar this week, bought his success by ruining the lives of others. They included the father of Amanda and Jonathan Foreman

Patten meets flint on the Falls Road

By John Lloyd

The former Hong Kong governor has to decide the future of Ulster's police force. But John Lloyd sees little hope of a non-sectarian outcome

Just who do they think they are?

By David Lawday

The British think that they alone in the EU suffer identity problems. But on this at least, reports David Lawday, the French and Germans can compete

How Mecca became a death-trap

By Ziauddin Sardar

This is the week of the hadj, the most sacred ritual in the Muslim calendar. Ziauddin Sardar implores the Saudis to avoid further disasters by making people walk

Europe: what we really, really want

By Mark Leonard

The Commission may be in trouble, but the EU dream can survive

Don't they know the war is over?

By Jon Beasley-Murray

The left in El Salvador has just lost the presidential election. Jon Beasley-Murrayblames its failure to reinvent itself

Diary

In seeking a metaphor for new Labour now, an analogy with GM foods comes to mind

By Rory Bremner

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

We make our homes look smarter and glossier while, inside, families become more divided and dysfunctional

By Cristina Odone

The British Sleep Foundation has my full support. Just don't ask me to get out of bed to give it

By Suzanne Moore

In praise of a woman who stays true to her roots

By Darcus Howe

E-mail is all very well, but it does make you vulnerable to religious nuts, chain letters and paranoid rumours

By Sean French

This England

Media

Now even the generals sound just like spin-doctors

By Ian Hargreaves

Media

The past two decades have been wiped from my memory. I blame the government

By Laurie Taylor

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