10 April 2006
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Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Don't mess with convention
If any of the rules of war are to be rewritten, the UK and US are the countries least suitable to assume that task
The Politics Column
The politics column - Martin Bright
The priority of the Blairites is to ensure that, even when Brown moves into No 10, he and his people do not hold all the levers of power
Commons Confidential
Village life - Kevin Maguire rubs toes in the lobby
Prezza's newest fan, losing the mile-high message and a toe rub for Sir Winston
Lindsey Hilsum observes les manifs
Americans, having trumpeted globalisation, are suddenly bleating about what it means for jobs and sovereignty
Competition
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Culture
Machines for living
The modernists are known for grand architectural visions, but they were just as concerned with making daily life more efficient. Sebastian Harcombe on the designers who created a brighter domestic future
Nazi dreaming
Art - Julia Pascal on the man set on reminding Austria of the past it would rather forget
Radio
Radio - Rachel Cooke
I think of Radio 4 as a kind of club – but I don't much like some of the other members
Theatre
His master's voice
Theatre - Two shots of pure misery give Beckett addicts an uplifting fix, writes Michael Portillo Come and Go Footfalls The Pit, London EC2
Film
You had to be there
Film - Fêted celebration of 1980s bohemia proves utterly square, writes Victoria Segal Rent (12A)
Television
Capitol ills
Television - A motherly president paints democracy in nursery shades, writes Andrew Billen Commander in Chief (ABC1)
The Fan
The fan - Hunter Davies hums a good old tune
Hum, hum, hummin' along, I trace the songs that ring on the terraces
Books
Publish and be damned
In an attempt to find new talent, a publisher has devised a way of making it easier for authors to get into print. Simon Baker reads the first six offerings and wonders if the scheme was such a good idea
The last mountebank
Bad Faith: a forgotten history of family and fatherland Carmen Callil Jonathan Cape, 614pp, £20 ISBN 0375411313
The reluctant traveller
On Trying to Keep Still Jenny Diski Little, Brown, 307pp, £15.99 ISBN 0316725250
City limits
Planet of Slums Mike Davis Verso, 228pp, £15.99 ISBN 1844670228
