30 October 2000
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Cover story
Divorce your husband and watch him get rich
A new study reveals what women have suspected all along: from tower block to trading floor, the man does better out of divorce. Carol Sarlerreports
Features
Tony, the straightest guy in town
Forget the spinmeister reputation: this Prime Minister is exactly as he seems
Did someone mention the N-word?
The way the railways are owned encourages accidents, but don't expect much to change, writes Christian Wolmar
French women have it easier
In France, female politicians can be bright and beautiful. Not here, writesCelia Brayfield
The euro's nervous breakdown
The euro is at an all-time low. Does this spell doom for the currency, or just teething problems?
Don't blame your fears on the box
Crime figures are down, but our perception is that life is more dangerous than ever before. Are the new "true crime" television shows to blame?
Tell us about your dog litter
Fuel protesters and pensioners accuse Tony Blair of not listening. In fact, this government is engaged in more consultation exercises than ever
Waiting in no-man's land
Every week, 400 immigrants arrive in Calais, where they remain in limbo until - legally or illegally - they can cross the Channel. Adam Sagereports
Welcome to the Fat Slob Way of Life
Never mind the length, Theodore Dalrymple is more concerned about the quality of our lives
The first postmodern ironist
We live in a passionless age, wrote the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. That is why he speaks to us today, believes Julian Evans
The secret lives of our Walter Mitties
Tired of your ordinary life? Why not follow in the footsteps of Grey Owl, Anastasia and Ali G, and invent another persona for yourself? Patrick Weston leading a double life
Essay
The New Statesman Essay - The beginning of the end
In 1977, the forces of Conservatism and punk were agitating to transform Britain
Culture
Simon says
We are desired. We are wealthy. We are civilised. We are Britain. But, asks Scott Lucas, should we trust the folksy authority of a celebrity historian?
Knock knock
Music - Richard Cook on The Who, rock philosophers of the Sixties kitchen sink
Film
Stay at home
Film - Jonathan Romney wanders into the woods and finds only a pale shadow of Blair Witch
Books
The ethics of the sand pile. History stands poised on the brink of catastrophe. The very existence of the human race is precarious. Edward Skidelsky is awed by the implications of a radical new physics
Ubiquity: the science of history . . . or why the world is simpler than we think Mark Buchanan Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 230pp, £20 ISBN 0297643762
Making weather
The Prime Minister: the office and its holders since 1945 Peter Hennessy Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 720pp, £25 ISBN 0713993405
Burning dazzle
The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman Scholastic, 560pp, £14.99 ISBN 0590542443
Failed fascist
Some Sort of Genius: a life of Wyndham Lewis Paul O'Keefe Jonathan Cape, 697pp, £25 ISBN 0224031023
Novel of the week
The General of the Dead Army Ismail Kadare Harvill, 264pp, £10.99 ISBN 1860466443
Into the void
The Book of Nothing John D Barrow Jonathan Cape, 380pp, £16.99 ISBN 0224059629 Zero: the biography of a dangerous idea Charles Seife Souvenir Press, 256pp, £18.99
Rake's progress
Amphibious Thing: the life of Lord Hervey Lucy Moore Viking, 376pp, £20 ISBN 067089786X
Fruits of bitterness
Mary Shelley Miranda Seymour John Murray, 655pp, £25 ISBN 0719557119
Crime waves
The Last Precinct Patricia Cornwell Little, Brown, 449pp, £16.99 ISBN 0316646245 The Shape of Snakes Minette Walters Macmillan, 380pp, £16.99
