10 January 2000

Bigger than the Dome or Mr Tony

By Michael Bywater

What has all the fuss been about these past few days? Michael Bywatergoes back to the greatest miracle of all: a position-statement that became a holy text

Great myth, shame about the reality

By Lindsey Hilsum

Lindsey Hilsum found that Timbuktu at the millennium wasn't quite what she'd hoped

Hague must sack his useless aides

By Simon Heffer

Simon Hefferadvises the Tory leader to woo NHS workers and teachers, and to swing the axe

Will this be the Chinese century?

By John Lloyd

"To get rich is glorious," said Deng Xiaoping. But in Beijing, John Lloyd finds that industry is still far from fit for global competition

Our rulers fall on hard times

By George Lucas

The perks of the job - long holidays and lots of champagne - are not what they used to be. George Lucas asks why people still want to be world leaders

Have our kids gone mad?

By Judy Hirst

The affluent society, say some experts, has led to mental illness in one in five children. Judy Hirst suggests that we are just dealing with the old problems of poverty

All Prescott needs is a sales pitch

By Jon Sayers

Worried that the voters don't like your transport policies? Try advertising suggests Jon Sayers

Silicon Valley? That's showbiz

By Richard Thomson

Richard Thomson finds that, with its stars, fixers and website blockbusters, the capital of the Internet is really just a hi-tech version of Hollywood

The story I'm not allowed to tell you

By Bob Woffinden

Bob Woffindentiptoes around the law to report the extraordinary case of a broken family

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The importance of thinking local

By Alistair Moffat

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On the buses, it's a nightmare

By Christopher Harvie

New Statesman Scotland - Christopher Harviesees private companies that delight the City but horrify consumers. Germany, he argues, does it so much better

Conspiracy cloaked as conservation

By Peter Clarke

New Statesman Scotland - A new book argues the Hebrides' fate is bleaker than ever. And it is all in the name of a good cause

Grassroots

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Primary Tartan

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This Alba

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Don't be fooled by debt relief: it's just another way of reshaping the third world to the demands of capital

By John Pilger

Up before the beak, charged with a rum assault

By Darcus Howe

Forget the camping holidays: just give the cash to schools

By Cristina Odone

Right, you can stop furrowing your brows now - here are the answers to my Christmas quiz

By Sean French

Never mind the first baby of the millennium - as Big Ben chimed, I was almost the first stiff

By Laurie Taylor

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne