17 September 2001

The day that nobody would take charge

By Andrew Stephen

Terror in America - In the hours after the hijackings, the Bush administration seemed to desert the country. Andrew Stephenasks if the president can now provide better national leadership

The end of the open society?

By Frances Stonor Saunders

Terror in America - Frances Stonor Saunders on how the CIA stands to gain from its own incompetence

Where is the hand of my God in this horror?

By Ziauddin Sardar

Terror in America - An ordinary Muslim, Ziauddin Sardar cannot recognise his religion in either the fanatics' deeds or in the media descriptions of "these people"

In Georgetown, even the privileged quake

By Morag Preston

Terror in America

Why is Bin Laden still at large?

By Michael Griffin

Terror in America - The man blamed for Tuesday's atrocities has struck America before. The mystery is why the US hasn't simply seized him. Michael Griffin reports

Neither joy nor love nor light?

By Bryan Appleyard

Britain looks set to become the world's first post-Christian society. But what beast, slouching towards Bethlehem, will take over?

Why the rural millions love a dictator

By Alice Lagnado

In Belarus, the re-election of the autocratic president was probably rigged. But is the US right to finance the opposition? Alice Lagnado reports

The great tuition fee scandal

By Francis Beckett

Blair's policies keep the less affluent out of university; they also ensure that, even if they get there, they end up with poor degrees

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One strike, Tony, and you may be out

By Jackie Ashley

The TUC knows how to threaten the PM on the public-private issue. Jackie Ashley reports

It's a window! It's a gate! It's the euro!

By David Lawday

The French are cheerful about giving up the franc. It's less than 200 years old and it was always changing anyway

Welcome to our torture chamber

By Bryan Rostron

South Africa may want to forget its past, but there is money to be made in the theme parks and museums of the apartheid era

Far from being the terrorists of the world, the Islamic peoples have been its victims

By John Pilger

Terror in America

When the fall of the towers seems like a bad dream, we will still suffer the impact on our living standards

By Robert Peston

Terror in America

Paul Routledge

By Paul Routledge

Diary

Writing an autobiography feels vaguely indecent, like running round the park without any clothes on

By Robin Oakley

Why is there no British equivalent of the American Dream?

By Cristina Odone

This England

The best way to do your shopping, I find, is semi-naked and coated in coconut oil

By Lauren Booth

Competition - Win vouchers to spend at any Tesco store