21 October 2002
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Cover story
Where next?
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Argentina: western diplomats warn that these and many other countries could spawn atrocities. Are two fronts enough for Bush's war on terrorism? By John Kampfner
Features
Don't forget who's now the boss
President Bush still needs to throw his weight around in Iraq, because his "war on terror" is going nowhere, reports Andrew Stephen from Washington
The prophetic novelist
The prophetic novelist
Can't regulate, won't regulate
Governments say they are powerless to control big business in an age of electronic dealing and global markets. Rubbish, argues Nick Cohen. Technology makes it easier than ever
Promises, promises
An audit of new Labour's record reveals a democratic deficit at the heart of government
Sex, sin and a divided faith
While Anglicans row over gays and female priests, the Catholics agonise over child abuse. The consequences for Christianity could be devastating, writes John Lloyd
Vote for the devil you know
Serbs, now trying to elect a new president, still can't shake off Milosevic. For many of them, catching up with western Europe involves higher food and fuel prices, as well as lost jobs, reports Eve-Ann Prentice from Belgrade
Essay
NS Essay - The playground bully
US missiles are the policemen of a global market, just as the Royal Navy was in the 19th century. Can US hegemony last longer than Britain's? By David Marquand
Regulars
John Pilger on Australia's collusion with state terror
For 40 years, Australian governments have colluded with state terrorism in Indonesia. Now, the Bali outrage allows John Howard to distract attention from his hypocrisy
Darcus Howe recalls the boy who became a murderer
I knew Dwaine, the boy convicted of Britain's first carjack murder
Competition
Win vouchers to spend at any Tesco store
Culture
Out of his tree
Art - Ned Denny on an artist who sees the world from a very different perspective
Talking dirty
Women - Kathryn Hughes at last understands the working-class obsession with cleanliness
Television
Living up to its promises
Television - Panorama was once dull and medicinal viewing. Andrew Billen on its glorious rebirth
The Fan
The fan - Hunter Davies groans in front of a pub television
I tried to watch the match in the pub, but my neck ached and my eyes hurt
Books
The Good Hope
A short story by Maggie Gee
Time to speak for England. Peregrine Worsthorne on why Max Hastings should never have been editor of the high Tory Daily Telegraph and why that paper is now edging towards self-destruction
Editor: an inside story of newspapers Max Hastings Macmillan, 398pp, £20 ISBN 0333908376
Waiting for the midnight train
A Little Overmatter Nicholas Bagnall Southover Press, 234pp, £13.99 ISBN 1870962184
Maxwell's friend
Dogs and Lampposts Richard Stott Metro Publishing, 384pp, £17.99 ISBN 1843580403
A woman spurned. Margaret Cook on "how not to be a female MP"
Diaries 1987-1992 Edwina Currie Little, Brown, 334pp, £18.99 ISBN 0316860247
Baby hunger. Sylvia Ann Hewlett on why "we should grasp, even celebrate, the reproductive miracles of our age"
Making Babies: is there a right to have children? Mary Warnock Oxford University Press, 126pp, £9.99 ISBN 0192803344
Novel of the week
The Cave Jose Saramago Harvill Press, 352pp, £16.99 ISBN 1860469981
This charming man
Who's a Dandy? George Walden Gibson Square Books, 180pp, £12.99 ISBN 1903933188
