2 April 1999

Today Kosovo, tomorrow the world

By Bill Hayton

You thought Nato was redundant after the cold war? Think again. The US has big plans for the alliance. Bill Hayton reports

Welcome back to the 19th century

By James Buchan

James Buchan predicts that stable prices, as in Victorian times, will create a fabulously rich rentier class, and a congealed society

Who rules the world?

By Duncan Parrish

Three bodies were set up as economic therapists to the globe. Duncan Parrish finds them much diminished

A question of black and white

By Richard Gott

Richard Gott explains that race, not politics or ideology, is what really drives Chilean reactions to the fate of General Pinochet

Bristol won't happen again - will it?

By Dr Phil Hammond

Quality control and more money: just what Dr Phil Hammondorders for the NHS

How to banish illiteracy

By Francis Beckett

One reading scheme has a clear record of success. But Francis Beckettfears that ministers won't pay

Diary

Fresh pasta, risotto and spinach were generously donated to anyone who didn't look homeless

By Lauren Booth

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

Tony Blair is deceiving us: he is not telling the nation about the real dangers of this war

By John Pilger

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We are fixated on the idea that we have to be in a couple; nobody is interested in the beauty of being alone

By Cristina Odone

How to bribe the voters, Caribbean style

By Darcus Howe

This England

I haven't yet read Peter Sutcliffe's views on the Balkans, but I don't see many papers, so maybe I missed it

By Sean French

Media

Let the poor people speak, that never have spoken yet

By Robert Chesshyre

Media

Tell Juliet, I advised him, that you worry about being sucked into the womb while having sex

By Laurie Taylor

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne