25 November 2002
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Cover story
World at war
Terror on the Tube and plans to invade Iraq are just the beginning. Industrialisation, it was thought, would end human conflict; in fact, it leads to a fiercer battle for scarce resources
Features
Why you can't find a plumber
Forget the chatter about graduates: worry about a shortage of people to build and repair houses
The Pope's political troops
The left has less to fear from right-wing extremists than from the new centre-right which, with a streak of renewed Catholicism, now dominates Europe. John Lloyd reports
It's antisocial, but who cares?
Reckless driving causes more deaths than any other sort of street crime. But road safety is boring
Bordeaux? Just sell it like Coke
French wine, with its hundreds of varieties, doesn't suit the global market. Must it change?
Regulars
Mark Thomas pooh-poohs the plot to gas us
The government is trying to alarm you about terrorist attacks just as the weapons inspectors go into Iraq. But you can support legal action that may stop this war
The Politics Column
Politics - John Kampfner unmasks Gordon Brown's enemy
Gordon Brown's allies believe that Alan Milburn is cultivating the role of supreme reformer so that he can challenge for the leadership when Blair steps down
Cristina Odone compares Myra to Marilyn
The strange ways in which Myra Hindley resembled Marilyn Monroe
Darcus Howe has an idea for stop-and-search
Most paedophiles are white. Yet there is no campaign to stop and search white men
Culture
Painting by numbers
Was the Sistine Chapel the work of a lone genius, or the collaborative effort of bickering apprentices? Ross King examines the cracks in an enduring Renaissance myth
Cartoon death
Art - Ned Denny on a delicate ballet of dismemberment and fatality
Eternal woman
Opera - Peter Conrad wonders whether he has ever before heard singing of such beauty
Bond traders
Advertising - Ross Diamond on how product placement thrives in the world of 007
Film
Never say die another day
Film - Philip Kerr on how the new Bond movie takes pastiche and self-parody to new heights
Theatre
The problem with map-reading
Theatre - Sheridan Morley runs into navigational difficulties with two plays that fail to chart their proper course
Television
To he who set the golden standard
Television - Andrew Billen notes a landmark of a distinguished life in broadcasting
The Fan
The Fan - Hunter Davies discovers Arsene is a Nancy boy
The latest gossip from Paris is that Arsene Wenger "feels" his players, writes Hunter Davis
Books
Grand aesthetic of the dumped. We have all slept with Tracey Emin. Her art is a desperate plea for love and reassurance, but should we take her seriously? Toby Litt on a troubled romance
The Art of Tracey Emin Mandy Merck and Chris Townsend Thames & Hudson, 224pp, £12.95 ISBN 0500283850
An excess of goodwill. Pankaj Mishra is disappointed by a respected writer's journey into bland provincialism
India in Slow Motion Mark Tully Viking, 302pp, £17.99 ISBN 0670885584
The road to Westminster
Number Ten Sue Townsend Michael Joseph, 336pp, £15.99 ISBN 071814368X
Devil's advocate. Neil Clark challenges "one of the most effective demonisation campaigns of modern times"
Milosevic: a biography Adam LeBor Bloomsbury, 386pp, £20 ISBN 0747560900
Novel Thoughts
Matthew Jennings on fiction by Helon Habila, Damien Wilkins and Martin Cruz Smith
