2 October 2000
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From the Editor…
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Cover story
Nightmare on Downing Street
The Conservatives cannot succeed on their merits because they have none, believes Ivan Massow. But Labour supporters could foolishly let them in
Features
Whatever happens, Serbia's changed
Milosevic has bought time by forcing a run-off election. Tim Judahfears that we have not seen the end of him yet
No revolution, thanks, we're Czech
Globalisation may bring problems in its wake but, to the citizens of Prague, it is infinitely preferable to the communism of the past, reports Lindsey Hilsum
The return of the Tufton-Buftons
The Conservative Party is turning its back on Essex Man and selecting once again the squire, the earl and the soldier, reports Robbie Millen
All hail, King Daddie Poo Pants
. . . or how a book of Ronald Reagan's letters threatens to rewrite recent American history. Scott Lucasreports on a dangerous case of amnesia
A law that does the police no good
Stop and search powers continue to damage race relations. Yet the Home Office is reluctant to abandon them. Brian Cathcarton new evidence that they do more harm than good
A faraway struggle that began in the west
The scene is being set for a new Great Game in central Asia. John Lloydon the contaminating influence of the Taliban
The case of Khrushchev's shoe
All her life, she had been asked about her grandfather's famous display of anger at the UN. Nina Khrushcheva went in search of the truth
When Mary had a little form to fill
Francis Beckett marvels at the dense paperwork imposed on teachers to get a £2,000 pay rise
Arts & Culture
Passion parade
Every ten years, half a million visitors flock to a tiny Bavarian village to watch a medieval mystery play. William Cook makes the pilgrimage
Cashing in
Art - Julian Stallabrass on protest art impoverished by the sponsor's coin
Master Marsalis
Music - Richard Cook on a very smooth operator
Television
Growing attached
Television - Andrew Billen is wooed by the start of a finely cast drama set in the world of e-commerce
Books
The road to destruction. Hitler was not interested in world domination. He had only two real ambitions: to destroy the Jews and to make Germany master of Europe. Richard Gott on the Fuhrer's final failure
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis
Ian Kershaw Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1115pp, £25
ISBN 0713992298
Virgin suicide
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood Bloomsbury, 521pp, £16.99
ISBN 0747549370
The greatest tit
Life in the Jungle: my autobiography
Michael Heseltine Hodder & Stoughton, 560pp, £20
ISBN 0340739150
Trusty sward
The Grass is Greener: our love affair with the lawn
Tom Fort HarperCollins, 278pp, £12.99
ISBN 0002570645
Novel of the week
In the Shape of a Boar
Lawrence Norfolk Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 320pp, £16.99
ISBN 0297646184
Earth song
Homage to Gaia: the life of an independent scientist
James Lovelock Oxford University Press, 448pp, £19.99
ISBN 0192862138
History from above
Empire: the Russian empire and its rivals
Dominic Lieven John Murray, 486pp, £27.50
ISBN 0719552435
One-eyed prophet
Captive State: the corporate takeover of Britain
George Monbiot Macmillan, 415pp, £12.99
ISBN 0333901649
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