15 November 1999

From the Editor…

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Cover story

Guns and the Dome

In London, the wealthy Hinduja brothers fund the Faith Zone. In India, they face allegations of less pious activity

Features

Privatisation threatens more schools

In deepest Tory Surrey, something odd is afoot. Francis Beckett advises us to watch closely

When science makes a pig's ear of it

You think there should be a big public debate about transplanting animal organs into humans? Don't be silly; profits are at stake

Why women aren't sisters at the office

When two high-flying females lunch together they don't drink wine. Carol Sarler explains why

Come back Major Zeman

A revived 1970s series with a secret policeman as the hero is now the ratings success of Czech TV. In eastern Europe, ostalgia rules, reports Teresa Smith

The feminist revolution is failing

Girls are riding high, getting better exam results and better jobs than the boys. But Jackie Ashley fears they ultimately face a return to home and hearth

The prize that awaits Livingstone?

Who runs London may be more important than you think. After long decline, the capital is booming, sucking in wealth and population, reports Paul Wallace

Not knowingly undersold

The John Lewis Partnership was built on the caring, sharing principles of the co-operatives of old. So why did its partners get so angry, asks Paul Barker

They're brazen, and coming to a town near you

Nick Horleyhad the full nipple-tweaking, lap-dancing experience. He liked it . . . and then wanted more

Jobs and foxes will flee to England

New Statesman Scotland

Who's sponging now?

New Statesman Scotland - Londoners like to claim that their tax pounds subsidise Scotland. The truth is quite the opposite, argues George Rosie

Bring back the Waverley line

New Statesman Scotland - The railway must return if the Borders is not to become Scotland's granny flat, argues Allan Massie

This Alba

New Statesman Scotland

Grassroots

New Statesman Scotland

Primary Tartan

New Statesman Scotland

Essay

The New Statesman Essay - The tyranny of the list

Ziauddin Sardar denounces Books of the Century and all similar compilations

Culture

Boxing clever

It's been denounced as fascist and unhealthily fascinated with male violence. Jonathan Romney confronts Fight Club, the year's most provocative film

Anglo-Saxon attitudes

Music - Richard Cook on the wit and wisdom of Robert Wyatt

In bed with Tracey and Carol

Design - Hugh Aldersey-Williams sees Ms Vorderman's ideal home

Sick benefits

Television - Hurting humanity grips Andrew Billen

Books

Intimate encounters

South of the Border, West of the Sun Haruki Murakami Harvill, 187pp, £9.99 ISBN 1860465943

An excellent hater

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Michael Grade Macmillan, 432pp, £20 ISBN 033371251X

Just deserts

Development as Freedom Amartya Sen Oxford University Press, 366pp, £17.99 ISBN 0375406190

Agents Orange

Jacobite Spy Wars: Moles, Rogues and Treachery Hugh Douglas Sutton Publishing, 288pp, £19.99 ISBN 0750914254

Novel of the week

Sudden Times Dermot Healy Harvill, 342pp, £15.99 ISBN 1860466729

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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