30 June 2003

From the Editor…

Welcome to the New Statesman website. Whether you are a new reader or an existing one - online or via the magazine - I hope you'll enjoy the great writing, fresh ideas and provocative debate that make the New Statesman Britain's award-winning current affairs weekly

Jason Cowley, Editor, New Statesman

Cover story

It's later than you think

Mark Lynas has seen the results of man-made climate change across five continents. Only urgent action can now prevent a catastrophe, he argues

By Mark Lynas

Features

Do we have to set England alight again?

By Paul Kingsnorth

Road protesters thought they could roll up their sleeping bags and go home. Wrong. Not only is road-building back, we're about to be hit by a burst of new airports and runways

Sex and the single duck

By David Cox

David Cox unfolds a distressing story of abduction, racial prejudice and murder - all in the name of protecting biodiversity

Is George Bush the new Bob Geldof?

By Katharine Ainger

The president of the US says he wants to feed the world. The only thing stopping him is Europe's attitude to bio-crops. Katharine Ainger challenges his claim

"Kindly tell our agonies to your scientists . . ."

By Katharine Ainger

"Kindly tell our agonies to your scientists . . ."

When common sense is a crime

By Zac Goldsmith

Britain produces more milk than it needs. So why do we still have to import it? Zac Goldsmith on how agribusiness has made the food market crazy

The man who demanded a recount

By Jason Cowley

A vegetarian, cycle-riding opponent of Nato: Bjorn Lomborg was as green and as left as they come. Then he decided that the figures didn't add up. By Jason Cowley The man who demanded a recount

Warning: drugs cost the earth

By Tom Burke

If you want to do your bit for the environment, stop snorting and stop inhaling, advises Tom Burke

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No wiser and no better informed

By Matthew Taylor

No wiser and no better informed

Interview

NS Interview - Elliot Morley

By John Kampfner

The new environment minister may prove more independent and idealistic than Tony Blair had hoped. Eliiot Morley interviewed by John Kampfner

Regulars

New Statesman Leader

Give pessimists the benefit of the doubt

Mark Thomas offers advice to Iraqi protesters

By Mark Thomas

Perhaps the Iraqis right now are offering their WMDs to al-Qaeda, in the south London style: "Don't ask me where I got them from, fell off the back of a mobile bio-lab"

Darcus Howe sees blacks in a play for whites

By Darcus Howe

This play is for the delectation of whites, portraying blacks as violent and murderous

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Culture

Pavilion in the park

By Richard Cork

Julia Peyton-Jones, the director of the Serpentine, asked the legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer to create a new building for the gallery she has transformed into a powerhouse for contemporary art. Both should be treasured