28 October 2002
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Cover story
Ulrika is a sign that we've got it all
Celebrity sells. But it's more than a marketing tool: it is an expression of our unprecedented democracy and prosperity - and boredom. By John Gray
Features
Sinn Fein could win the peace
Tony Blair has thrown down the gauntlet: the IRA must disarm. Nothing else will convince ministers in Belfast and London that peace, and democracy, stand a chance
Spain's man of law with cojones of steel
General Pinochet, Henry Kissinger and the Bali bombers are the big guys Judge Baltazar Garzon goes after. But he is not without enemies of his own
NS Special Report - This fish could endanger your health
Food - Salmon used to be a delicacy. Now it is widely available, cheap and riddled with disease. Annalisa Barbieri reports on the consequences of our greed for cheap "posh" food
NS Special Report - The French could teach us a thing or two
Food - When it comes to meals, they do it better
NS Special Report - Cashing in on our lifestyle
Food - Supermarkets are bad news for small shops, farmers and our diet. But they're so convenient
Dad's Army hits Jordan
Where do arms dealers, Prince Andrew and the "axis of evil" mingle? Andrew Gilligan finds them all at a trade fair
What's left of the Labour leader?
Tony Blair is closer to Tory voters than to his own supporters. Peter Kellner analyses a surprising poll
Regulars
The Politics Column
Politics - John Kampfner asks if the firefighters went too far
The firefighters will set a precedent for industrial disputes in coming years. But though the government is talking tough, this is one confrontation it is desperate to avoid
Darcus Howe thinks Trevor Phillips has got it wrong
Did a black politician's career nosedive because his kids go to fee-paying schools?
Mark Thomas calls Labour voters to action
Bush wants war with Iraq and will use any excuse - like Saddam Hussein has infringed the copyright law on Stalin's moustache, or Tariq Aziz has stolen Dennis Taylor's glasses
Competition
Win vouchers to spend at any Tesco store
Culture
Fatal attraction
Che Guevara, Carlos the Jackal, Andreas Baader: these are the faces of radical terrorist chic. Henry K Miller examines the myths
No eye for the visual
Art - Ned Denny discovers strange new hoardings in the crypt of the Sir John Soane's Museum
I shall wear purple
Women - Helen Laville would rather grow old disgracefully than honourably
Film
The curious case of the six-foot rabbit
Film - Philip Kerr enjoys a weird but wonderful debut by a young American director
Television
Face off
Television - Andrew Billen's appetite has been whetted for a documentary on the inside story of Thatcher v the miners
The Fan
The fan - Hunter Davies lets slip a real secret about Sven
Sven's agent is asking for seven figures. That means a million-plus
Books
The second coming. After more than a decade of silence, Donna Tartt is back with a new novel that draws on her childhood in the American South. Jason Cowley on the secret of her success
The Little Friend Donna Tartt Bloomsbury, 555pp, £16.99 ISBN 0747562113
Entombed in poverty. Russia - John Gray on the market madness of the post-Soviet period
Russia: experiment with a people Robert Service Macmillan, 408pp, £20 ISBN 033372626X Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: a history of the Soviet and post-Soviet eras Alexander Chubarov Continuum, 318pp, £20 ISBN 0826413501
Blood and soil. Russia - Edward Skidelsky enjoys a contentious cultural history
Natasha's Dance Orlando Figes Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 679pp, £25 ISBN 0713995173
Ball watching. Bryan Appleyard on the wretched life of a man capable of "beautiful moments"
The Hurricane: the turbulent life and times of Alex Higgins Bill Borrows Atlantic Books, 368pp, £16.99 ISBN 184354069X
