15 November 1999
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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
Arts & 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
Books
Victory for the forces of conservatism. Two weeks after Churchill became PM the cabinet had to decide whether to continue the war. Geoffrey Wheatcroft on the long weekend that could have changed the world
Five Days in London May 1940
John Lukacs Yale University Press, 288pp, £12.95
ISBN 0300080301
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
Commentary - Bloomsbury won the peace
The crude nationalism of William Hague was born in the trenches, argues Jane Jakeman
Observations
Letters to the Editor
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