24 June 2002
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Features
The royals' revenge
John Lloyd reveals the full story of the funeral of the Queen's mother and how, to the fury of three Commonwealth prime ministers, it put elected politicians firmly in their place
A silent majority finds its voice
Venezuela's hidden people - the majority who are of Indian or black descent - have found a champion in Hugo Chavez. But can he survive?
Did the IMF cause a famine?
Malawi faces starvation - after, it seems, heeding western advice on managing food stocks
Essay
NS Essay - The unstoppable march of the clones
We have failed to control the spread of nuclear weapons. So how can we hope to control the development of designer babies and other results of biotechnology?
Regulars
Cristina Odone - on bigoted country folk
Rural Britain, frustrated, embittered and ignorant, truly hates foreigners
Darcus Howe vows to save the carnival from Ken
Ken Livingstone will not succeed in taking over the Notting Hill Carnival reports Darcus Howe
Mark Thomas on why the vicar should read your e-mail
Blunkett revels in playing the hard man: he's the Millwall FC of Labour. For him to say he got it wrong is to enter new emotional territory, like admitting a need to read Iron John
Competition
Win vouchers to spend at any Tesco store
Culture
Conflict resolution
Architecture week - Daniel Libeskind describes the challenge of designing a building intended as a commemoration of war but informed by our endless struggle for peace
A bit of rough
Architecture week - William Cook explains why brutalism, that most provocative assault on suburban sentiment, is now cherished again
Crystal balls
Architecture week - Paul Finch on why transparency does not guarantee a clearer view
Arabian frights
Art - Ned Denny digs through a curatorial mess to find the splendours of the Yemen
Theatre
Julie and the scriptwriter
Theatre - Suzanne Moore on the fantasy world of the columnist whose best creation is herself
Film
Toothless
Film - Philip Kerr finds that Novocaine is less interesting than a visit to the dentist
Television
Never-ending childhood
Television - Andrew Billen on why women's tennis usually means Mum and Dad stay in charge
The Fan
The Fan - Hunter Davies worries about his nervous system
Why do fair-haired footballers never dye their hair black? If Becks were really a trend-setter he'd have got out the boot polish by now. Hunter Davies reports
Books
At the feet of genius. Edwin Lutyens may have been dumpy, of lowly birth and hopeless in bed, but his wife revered him. Lynn Barber on the life and marriage of a once pre-eminent designer
The Architect and his Wife: a life of Edwin Lutyens Jane Ridley Chatto & Windus, 488pp, £25 ISBN 0701172010
Into that darkness
The Face Phil Whitaker Atlantic Books, 247pp, £9.99 ISBN 1843540207
Talking heads
Lives and Works: profiles of leading novelists, poets and playwrights Edited by Annalena McAfee with portraits by Eamonn McCabe Atlantic Books, 246pp, £14.99 ISBN 1843540797
Ready Freddie
No Frills: the truth behind the low-cost revolution in the skies Simon Calder Virgin Books, 276pp, £16.99 ISBN 185227932X
The great trek
Wagons West: the epic story of America's overland trails Frank McLynn Jonathan Cape, 509pp, £20 ISBN 0224060090
A bitter pill
The New Rulers of the World John Pilger Verso, 246pp, £10 ISBN 185984393X
Waxing lyrical
An Introduction to English Poetry James Fenton Viking, 138pp, £14.99 ISBN 0670911003
Novel of the week
Fragrant Harbour John Lanchester Faber and Faber, 320pp, £16.99 ISBN 0571201768
