11 September 2000
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Cover story
She's out, but she wasn't betrayed
Mo's exit: her fault or theirs? - Steve Richards argues that, far from envying Mowlam's popularity, Blair wants more ministers like her
Features
Too rude, too rough, too sexy
Mo's exit: her fault or theirs? - Blair's Boys like elegant, well-groomed superwomen. Mowlam was in another mould
Now there is such a thing as society
All main parties, sceptical of both state and market, want to embrace Edmund Burke's "little platoons". John Lloyd reports
Don't talk WordStar at the table
Brenda Maddoxallows the F-word at dinner but strictly prohibits all e-converse
Sorry, this free lunch is cancelled
Politicians think they can sell TV frequencies for £50bn. David Elstein has disappointing news
Blair versus Brown, a la francaise
In France, rivalry is growing between PM and finance minister. David Lawday reports
Britain, the cheater's champion
For the sake of business, as much as for consumers, we need a Ralph Nader, argues Anthony Browne
How new Labour revealed ladies' legs
Annalisa Barbierifinds political significance in the return of fishnets
Appointment in Odessa
With its mafia dons and Orthodox monks, the capital of Ukraine has an exotic appeal second only to one of its native women
Please give us some real news
Scotland may have a parliament, but until it has a proper national press and its own Today programme, it will not have a mature politics, argues Tim Luckhurst
Regulars
Arts & Culture
Bonnets, boots and Y-fronts
Budgets for car promotion used to buy top directors and supernova effects. Now, writes Malcolm Clark, we're stuck with a man in his underpants
It's no joke
Political prisoners - William Cook on two Burmese comics imprisoned for spreading "false news"
Bobbing down under
The fatal shore - Christopher Spencer on why Robert Hughes is tempted to throw in his Australian citizenship
Film
Veterans in orbit
Film - Jonathan Romney watches Hollywood's old boys clamber into their space vehicle
Television
Blithe spirit
Television - Andrew Billen revels in Robert Hughes's landmark tribute to Australia
Books
Oh lord, where are you? In her new work, Muriel Spark imagines what became of Lord Lucan after he disappeared. A S Byatt on the pure wickedness of one of Britain's most respected living novelists
Aiding and Abetting
Muriel Spark Viking, 182pp, £12.99
ISBN 0670894281
Mother Teresa of Tatton
An Accidental M.P
Martin Bell Viking, 240pp, £16.99
ISBN 0670892319
Lost continent
Dealing with the Dragon: a year in the new Hong Kong
Jonathan Fenby Little, Brown, 312pp, £14.99
ISBN 0316854158
Hackademic
Troublemaker: the life and history of A J P Taylor
Kathleen Burk Yale UP, 491pp, £19.95
ISBN 0300087616
Novel of the week
Super-Cannes
J G Ballard Flamingo, 392pp, £16.99
ISBN 0002258471
High-class gossip
Daring to Hope: the diaries and letters of Violet Bonham Carter 1946-1969
Edited by Mark Pottle Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 431pp, £25
ISBN 0297816519
Turkish delight
The Stone Woman
Tariq Ali Verso, 271pp, £15
ISBN 1859847641
That summer
The Battle
Richard Overy Penguin, 177pp, £4.99
ISBN 0140294198
Commentary - Glittering prize
Jason Cowley, in Zimbabwe, reports on the inaugural Caine Prize for African fiction
Observations
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