19 March 2001
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Features
How a hospital woke up democracy
Deep in Middle England, a retired doctor, enraged by NHS policies, looks set to snatch a rare general election victory for an independent
A little bit of Che, a little bit of Posh
Hailed by the left as Mexico's liberators, are Marcos and his Zapatistas simply clever marketing men?
Now, am I in Dartford, or Finchley?
Baroness Thatcher isn't always sure where she is these days. But some Tories still see a role for her, reports Quentin Letts
What they really, really think
Generation Next - Tom Bentley introduces our unique survey of what 15- to 21-year-olds say about the great issues of our time
Stalin was wrong; can we do better?
We can't get away from capitalist farming. But which model of capitalism can deliver most, and cause least damage, is still an open question
A blood-filled feast to celebrate God's kindness
Imagine a city where, in a single day, 100,000 cattle are slaughtered on the streets. Jeremy Seabrook, himself a vegetarian, attends the festival of Eid in Dhaka
Create a Ministry for the Future
NS/Fabian Society Second-Term Agenda - Create a Ministry for the Future
The great European gamble
If Britain wants to save the EU from becoming a Napoleonic fortress, she may have to join the single currency
Yanks go get their wet weather gear
Japanese-American relations have sunk to an all-time low, reports Victoria James
Essay
The New Statesman Essay - Trapped in the human zoo
Celebrity is now the world's main currency, the key to success for good causes as well as for film studios. Ziauddin Sardarargues that the price is too high
Culture
Building frocks
The distinction between art and fashion has become blurred. Now architects are moving into the game. Elaine Showalter shops around for an explanation
Innocents abroad
Art - Tom Rosenthal on the different legacies of two of Spain's greatest artists
Singh song
Music - Richard Cook gets headspin from some powerful Asian mix
Television
The popular touch
Television - Two arts strands are entering their old age more and less gracefully, finds Andrew Billen
Books
Beware the false prophet. George Steiner is celebrated and reviled in equal measure. Is he the most influential critic of his generation, as some say, or merely a fraud? Edward Skidelsky weighs the evidence
Grammars of Creation George Steiner Faber & Faber, 288pp, £16.99 ISBN 0571206816
A girl in my head
Mary George of Allnorthover Lavinia Greenlaw Flamingo, 320pp, £12.99 ISBN 0007105959
Towards the Fuhrer
The Hitler of History: Hitler's biographers on trial John Lukacs Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 290pp, £25 ISBN 029764646X
Novel of the week
The Whites of Gold Samuel Lock Cape, 188pp, £10 ISBN 0224061208
Kitsch souvenir
The Violin Dacia Maraini, translated by Dick Kitto and Elspeth Spottiswood Arcadia Books, 197pp, £10.99 ISBN 1900850435
Fame is the spur
Rivals: conflict as the fuel of science Michael White Secker & Warburg, 400pp, £17.99 ISBN 0436204630
Distant voices
A Double Thread: a childhood memoir in Mile End - and beyond John Gross Chatto & Windus, 220pp, £18.99 ISBN 0701163305
