02 April 2001

Brussels puts everything up for sale

By Nick Cohen

As the World Trade Organisation meets in Geneva, Nick Cohenreveals plans to sell off schools, hospitals and other "services" to the highest bidder

Vegetarians, this is your moment!

By Salil Tripathi

With foot-and-mouth rampant, should we eat yoghurt and granola bars?

A poor start for a brave new world

By Francis Beckett

Francis Beckett asks if Britain's FE colleges, with their underpaid lecturers and champagne-swigging principals, can really give us all lifelong learning

In those days, it really was tough

By Ian Aitken

A foot-and-mouth crisis, a terrible train crash, rising petrol prices. In 1967, Harold Wilson had to cope with all of them, and more

We bowl alone, but work together

By Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves argues that Blair's latest US guru is wrong: community is alive and well; it has simply moved from the neighbourhood to the office

The New Statesman Special Report - Coming soon: the Dome on wheels

By Stephen Plowden

Stephen Plowden argues that the Channel Tunnel rail link will be a colossal waste of public money and an environmental disaster

They trust Mo, but not Mandy or Portillo

By Beth Egan

Generation Next - Beth Egan reveals the latest results from our survey of 15- to 21-year-olds

It's the schools, stupid

By Victoria James

While Japan's education remains in crisis, its economy won't get any better

The most idiotic quarrel on earth

By John Carlin

The ancient dispute between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar threatens to reopen. John Carlin reports

Bribe students to study

By Wendy Piatt

NS/Fabian Society Second-Term Agenda - Bribe students to study

Le weekend gets longer and longer

By Adam Sage

Afternoon naps and DIY are booming in France with the new 35-hour week. Adam Sage reports

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

The west's aggression in the Balkans is clear, but the bombardiers in Britain's liberal press stay silent

By John Pilger

I meet an ex-NF man, converted by me from evil ways

By Darcus Howe

A close-knit Italian community is not as nice as you think

By Cristina Odone

It has taken me hours, but I've set up the Alastair Campbell Adoration Website

By Lauren Booth

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne