30 October 2006
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Cover story
No peace in our time
Israel is facing crises on several fronts: fallout from the Lebanon war, the looming threat from Iran, and internal corruption. The mood has rarely been more gloomy. John Kampfner reports from Jerusalem
Features
Four awards for the new look New Statesman
Redesigned New Statesman wins at Magazine Design and Journalism Awards
Bush: The long goodbye
The political tide is rising for the Democrats as America's voters tire of a regime stained by scandal and the blood spilt in Iraq. But even if they do seize control of Congress in November, the president will remain intransigent. Our US editor, Andrew Stephen, reports
US Elections: Franken on the airwaves, and the hustings
Interview with Al Franken
The new Svengalis
A job that didn't exist a decade ago has become a glamorous and lucrative part of the snake-oil industry. In the world of the super-rich, either you are a celebrity stylist or you have one
Baby Boomers: and the illusion of perpetual youth
Greedy, trivial, venal, cosseted . . . The postwar generation of children grew up protected by cosy routine yet fearing nuclear annihilation. So, instead of becoming adults, they just got bigger, as did their toys and their tantrums
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
When jail denies teenagers a chance, we all suffer in the end
New Statesman leader on the youth justice system
The Politics Column
The Met needs something to show for its efforts
Now that Michael Howard has received the knock on the door over cash for honours, what matters is whether the Prime Minister will be questioned under caution by the police
What do you think? No 3952
Set by John Crick The interrogative book title has a long and august history. We asked for suggestions for the bestsellers of 2007
Culture
Daydream believers
The Pet Shop Boys have proved that intelligence can go hand in hand with mass appeal. Lynsey Hanley celebrates the band that brought her adolescent fantasies to life
An act of faith
In Colombia, Maya Jaggi finds a thriving theatre scene that gives voice to a society torn by conflict
Theatre
A township called malice
The brutal truth of life in South Africa is played out superbly in a fast-paced show Township Stories Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Film
Fear and loathing in Glasgow
A brilliant debut from a director who creates gritty drama with panache Red Road (18) dir: Andrea Arnold
Television
Piety and prejudice
The Moors murderer meets a bumbling Christian; the result is comic horror Longford Channel 4
Radio
Desert Island Discs has been cast adrift
A month in, Kirsty Young still seems out of her depth
Books
Stop making sense
Dr Clock's Handbook edited by Mel Gooding and Julian Rothenstein Redstone Press, 168pp, £19.99 ISBN 187000339X
Gang of three
State of Denial: Bush at war (part III) Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster, 560pp, £18.99 ISBN 0743295668
Last days of empire
The Last Mughal: the fall of a dynasty (Delhi, 1857) William Dalrymple Bloomsbury, 578pp, £25 ISBN 074758639X
How the left was lost
Murder in Amsterdam: the death of Theo van Gogh and the limits of tolerance Ian Buruma Atlantic Books, 256pp, £12.99 ISBN 1843543192 Power and the Idealists Paul Berman Soft Skull Press, 320pp, £15.99 ISBN 1932360913
The divine comedy
The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Bantam Press,416pp, £20 ISBN 0593055489
Ghost in the machine
Travels in the Scriptorium Paul Auster Faber & Faber, 130pp, £12.99 ISBN 0571232558
It’s just so whack
Bling: the hip-hop jewellery book Gabriel A Tolliver and Reggie Ossé Bloomsbury, 176pp, £9.99 ISBN 0747578036
Breaking the ice
Into the Abyss: explorers on the edge of survival Benedict Allen Faber & Faber, 352pp, £17.99 ISBN 057122394X
Out for a duck
You Must Like Cricket? Memoirs of an Indian cricket fan Soumya Bhattacharya Yellow Jersey Press, 240pp, £12 ISBN 0224075217
Student bashing
A Campus Conspiracy Anonymous Impress Books, 208pp, £7.99 ISBN 0954758676
