21 May 2001

When a gentleman's skin is too pale

By Annalisa Barbieri

Election 2001 - Annalisa Barbieri, our election fashion correspondent, finds only Charles Kennedy properly dressed

The urban poor slip away

By Ivor Crewe

Election 2001 - With abstentions likely to reach record levels, Ivor Crewe argues that Labour, like the churches and the unions before it, has lost its grip on the inner cities

So was there a deal or not?

By Charlie Whelan

Election 2001 - Charlie Whelanon the intrigue in Downing Street

Ministers meet flesh and blood

By Peter Dunn

Election 2001 - Mandelson is not Labour's only problem in the north-east. There's also apathy and soiled surgical instruments. Peter Dunnreports

A terrible viciousness is born

By John Lloyd

Behind Trimble's threat of resignation lies an Ulster where paramilitaries are stronger than ever. John Lloyd reports

Why it is right to boycott Esso

By Andrew Warren

It may seem unfair to act against a single company but, argues Andrew Warren, Exxon remains the most stubborn of all the friends of fossil fuel

Everything at 100 yen

By Victoria James

The Japanese, after years of economic turmoil, don't even trust the banks: the latest consumer hit is the home safe. Victoria James reports on the daily realities of deflation

Not the General Election

By Will Hutton & Madsen Pirie

Already bored with the election campaign? The NS and the Institute for Public Policy Research bring you something better: the debates that the politicians always fudge. This week - privatisation

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

Guess what happened as they started electioneering: out came a few reports that ministers would prefer to hide

By Mark Thomas

Oldham has had race riots, just as I warned

By Darcus Howe

My mother, 63 and disabled, hasn't received a penny in benefit for months

By Lauren Booth

Competition - Win a bottle of champagne