6 March 2000

How a Beatle could have gone to jail

By Corin Redgrave

A new bill would make it illegal even to speak up for the IRA. ByCorin Redgrave

Britain's worst employer?

By Jackie Ashley

Jackie Ashley finds that, for all its talk of equal opportunities, new Labour still allows a macho, bullying culture to turn off women

Eurosceptic? Moi?

By Stephen Bates

Hogarth's caricatures of corrupt and weak Continentals are alive today, with a little help from new Labour

And who will wipe your bottom?

By Judy Hirst

A year ago, a Royal Commission on old people reported. Ministers did not care for its recommendations. So what happened? Judy Hirst found out

Tale of two cities - and their mayors

By David Lawday

Paris, too, has municipal mayhem, and a prominent politician who is at odds with his own party. David Lawday reports

Exit Haider. But only for now

By Hella Pick

The resignation of the leader of Austria's Freedom Party is just a ruse to improve his chances of ultimate power. ByHella Pick

An affair just waiting to happen

By Helena Smith

Suddenly, Greeks and Turks look set to fall in love with each other. Helena Smith reports

Why it pays to be good (eventually)

By Charles Leadbeater

Focus on business ethics - Though social responsibility does not help short-term profit, it will ultimately prove essential to survival in the new economy, argues Charles Leadbeater

Eat chocolate and feel good about it

By Barbara Gunnell

Focus on business ethics - The odds in the cocoa market are stacked against developing-world farmers. Barbara Gunnell reports on how you can help get them a better deal

Please don't wash your hands when you leave

By Celia Brayfield

We prefer manicured nails to the dirty realities of the countryside. Celia Brayfield laments our ignorance

We can't afford an opera company

By Alistair Moffat

New Statesman Scotland

Let's follow the American model

By James Hunter

New Statesman Scotland - For too long, economic growth in the Highlands has been stunted by geography. New, "thin-air" technologies offer a bigger and brighter future

First blast of the strumpet

By Kay Smith

New Statesman Scotland - Differing policing policies indicate how clamping down on prostitution can serve to exacerbate the problem

Primary Tartan

New Statesman Scotland

Samuel Smiles

New Statesman Scotland

Diary

I've never spent much time wrestling with my conscience, though I've often been told I should

By Max Clifford

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

Sanctions on Iraq kill 200 children every day; bombing raids have cost the taxpayer £60 million. This is news

By John Pilger

Islands in the sun, where the treasuries are empty

By Darcus Howe

Mandelson turns the screw in new Labour's Medici court

By Cristina Odone

This England

Do drugs affect creativity? By two in the afternoon, I've drunk so much coffee that I can scarcely hit the keyboard

By Sean French

Forget books on shelves as status accessories. Only the insecure need to look "academic"

By Laurie Taylor

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne