31 May 1999
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From the Editor…
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Cover story
Between two mental universes
John Lloydgoes to a gathering in Moscow where westerners and Russians cannot even find a common language to discuss Kosovo
Features
In Cyprus, even pizza is pro-Serb
Colin Smithin Nicosia is surprised by the extent of Orthodox solidarity with Serbian brothers
A whole nation goes mad
Winning the war is the easy bit. It will be harder to restore sanity to the Serbs, argues Steve Crawshaw
It's just a Cannes of worms
Who needs a festival that offers rubbish films and second-rate starlets? asks John-Paul Flintoff
Not an ogre, but a friend to the poor
Even the mighty USA has to watch out when the World Trade Organisation rides into town. Philippe Legrain insists that the left has it all wrong
New Media Awards
Nominated websites reviewed by Andrew Stephen and Mary Riddell
Our ally tramples on human rights
Britain supplies arms; America praises "a unique contribution to peace". Yet Turkey continues its shameful oppression of the Kurds, reports Julie Flint
May the Ground Force be with you
In our national passion for gardening, Michael Leapman finds a metaphor for Blair's new Britain
If I remember correctly, you are . . . er?
Is a good memory a sign of intelligence? Robert Chesshyrehopes not
Simon Heffer - Cricket World Cup
This isn't the real thing, so cheating is allowed
Arts & Culture
Science friction
What do Star Trek, orientalism and America's fear of Japan have in common? Everything
Free thinking
Jazz byRichard Cook
The wife of Cookham
Art byJohn Henshall
Wit's end
Design byHugh Aldersey-Williams
Books
Distant voices, other lives. Shtetl life was engulfed in the Nazi storm. So is there no shared history of Jews and Poles beyond anti-Semitism and murder?
Once There Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok
Yaffa Eliach Little, Brown, 960pp, £30
What's the story?
Sultans of Spin
Nick Jones Victor Gollancz, 298pp, £18.99
Blind vision
The Wilsonian Century: US Foreign Policy Since 1900
Frank Ninkovich University of Chicago Press, 330pp, £21.95
Eastern promise
Exotica: Fabricated Soundscapes in a Real World
David Toop Serpent's Tail, 272pp £12.99
Children's Books - World of wonders
Amanda Craig evaluates new fiction for pre-teens
Novel of the week
Triangulation
Phil Whitaker Phoenix House, 256pp, £12.99
Observations
Letters to the Editor
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