05 July 1999
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Cover story
He makes us nice enough for export
No drugs, no council estates and lots of toffs: Richard Curtis's Britain is the only one the rest of the world really likes
Features
Labour embraces secrecy again
Journalists in the dock, information suppressed, telephones tapped: to Duncan Campbell, it sounds all too familiar
Is it true because a man dies for it?
Western Europeans see Kurds and their leader, Ocalan, as martyrs of Turkish oppression. Norman Stone offers a different opinion
Lord Wakeham meets the rabble
Richard Askwith counts petals on the ceiling as the people have their say on Lords reform
New Media Awards
Final shortlist of nominated individuals and websites
It's time to stop blaming the referee
New Statesman Scotland - Introduction
Remind me who I am again . . .
New Statesman Scotland - Joyce McMillan feels both Scottish and British. Is this a problem? Only as far as the Nationalists are concerned
A load of numpties and sweetie-wives
New Statesman Scotland - Tom Brown is less than impressed by the first intake of Scottish parliamentarians
Judge it by deeds, not words
New Statesman Scotland - The new parliament has been hyped beyond reason, writes Douglas Alexander. Now the opening fanfare is fading, the hard task of making it work must begin
Just do what the pilot tells you
Some people think a determined opposition to authority is principled and romantic. Theodore Dalrymple believes they are dangerously wrong
Essay
The NS Essay - Send forth the best ye breed
Geoffrey Wheatcroft explains why the left wants the white man's burden again
Interview
The New Statesman Interview - Robin Cook
"The liberation of Kosovo is as important, historically, as the fall of the Berlin Wall." Robin Cook interviewed
Culture
Canvassing support
Its guiding principles are beyond reproach. Its latest show is extraordinary. Yet the Museum of Women's Art still lacks a permanent home. John Henshallresents an enduring affront
Country comforts
Rock byRichard Cook
World's end
Film byJonathan Romney
The shape of things to come
Design byHugh Aldersey-Williams
A culture of change
Science byZiauddin Sardar
Books
A Big Mac, fries - and lasting peace. Is globalisation a damaging form of "cowboy capitalism" or a progressive movement that is leading us towards an embryonic world government?
The Lexus and the Olive Tree Thomas Friedman HarperCollins, 394pp, £19.99
Heart-shaped bullets
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank Viking, 274pp, £9.99
Spies like us
Liquid City Marc Atkins and Iain Sinclair Reaktion Books, 224pp, £14.95
Beastly boys
Letters Between A Victorian Schoolboy and his Family, 1892-95 David Lisle Crane (editor) 11 Springwell Avenue, Durham DH1 4LY, 433pp, £35
Novel of the week
As It Is In Heaven Niall Williams Picador, 315pp, £14.99
Back in print - A new, occasional column reassessing neglected classics
A Fan's Notes Frederick Exley Yellow Jersey Press, 385 pp, £8
