24 May 1999

Looking for the real war

By Lindsey Hilsum

Lindsey Hilsum does her best to get to the bottom of what's happening in Kosovo, but fails to meet Nato's injunction to impose her will

When the law turned to terrorism

By David Lawday

The surreal tale of a burning beach bistro in Corsica should teach France a lesson: devolution, British-style, is needed, argues David Lawday

Just the poet to make us yawn again

By Michael Glover

Ted Hughes made the Poet Laureateship seem exciting. But for his successor new Labour has gone to a tired, old, Oxbridge voice, laments Michael Glover

New Media Awards

By Bill Thompson

Who will curb the mighty Irvine?

By Frances Howell

The Lord Chancellor is set to acquire extraordinary new powers. And if we get a Human Rights Act he will become more powerful still

A search for identity in the shock of the new

By Jason Cowley

Scottish writing fits the mood of the nation, writes Jason Cowley. But can England find an authentic voice?

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

It isn't drugs that screw you up - it's hereditary privilege that leads to futile, wasted lives

By Suzanne Moore

In Dover, I hear once more the old racist stories

By Darcus Howe

There is no political situation that cannot be made worse by an international sporting event

By Sean French

Contact me if you want to link up with a hairy bass player who loves Yorkshire pudding

By Laurie Taylor

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne