27 May 2002
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Cover story
The laptop fascists
Do not dismiss Europe's far-right parties as simply reactionary. They are all the more menacing because, like the Nazis before them, they embrace modernity
Features
Lisa Allardice on DIY paternity testing
Who's your daddy? These days, men are pulling their hair out to discover the truth reports Lisa Allardice
The end of multiculturalism
The west is finding that there are limits to its tolerance of minorities where their beliefs clash violently with the laws and customs of the majority. John Lloyd reports
At last, a few chinks in the Bush armour
Normal political service is resumed. The row over what the president knew before 11 September has turned the atrocities into a partisan issue
Into the darkness
India says Pakistan backs terrorism, but now it is charged with supporting terrorism itself
We should soak the landowners
Lloyd George favoured it; so did Churchill and Adam Smith. Denmark has one, as does Sydney, Australia. So why won't Gordon Brown have a land tax?
Regulars
Darcus Howe gets down to the nitty-gritty
"Nitty-gritty" is racist? In 35 years, I have never heard anyone suggest this before
Mark Thomas searches for buried truths in Tanzania
Were more than 50 Tanzanian miners buried alive? The mine owners deny it, but local people claim they lost loved ones. Clare Short should support those who want the truth reports Mark Thomas
Competition
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Culture
The dishonourable policeman of the left
The contrarian Christopher Hitchens's support for the war on terrorism surpised many. Scott Lucas argues that he is no longer the "authentic voice of dissent"
Arias and graces
Opera - Peter Conrad on a lavish production that has been hijacked by its stars
Love match
Advertising - Ross Diamond on the growing pains of the mobile phone industry
Film
Low Gere
Film - Philip Kerr is unmoved by the latest star vehicle, a faithless remake of an old classic
Television
Addicted to fame
Television - Andrew Billen on an unsavoury story of celebrity nasal fixation
Books
Americans welcome
Observations on the Booker Prize
Mr Smith goes to . . . a book-signing
Pop Idol literati style
The end of the world is, er . . . soon
Nostradamus: the final prophecies Luciano Sampietro Souvenir Press, 303pp, £10.99 ISBN 0285636391
Fertility fears
Baby Hunger Sylvia Ann Hewlett Atlantic Books, 304pp, £10 ISBN 1903809789
Duty free
The Girl from the Fiction Department: a portrait of Sonia Orwell Hilary Spurling Hamish Hamilton, 194pp, £9.99 ISBN 0241141656
Human punk
Waiting Period Hubert Selby Jr Marion Boyars, 198pp, £14.95 ISBN 0714530719
Truth seekers
New British Philosophy: the interviews Edited by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom Routledge, 291pp, £9.99 ISBN 0415243467
Novel of the week
Dirt Music Tim Winton Picador, 465pp, £15.99 ISBN 0330490249
Books Essay - The end of a great tradition
Andrew Franklin on the slow death of modern publishing
