29 January 2007

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Features

A bullying lesson for a future PM

A bullying lesson for a future PM

Jade and Danielle are neither Blair's children nor Thatcher's. They spent their formative school years under John Major, a lost period when child-centred learning was demonised

Yes, we can save the world . . . if we want to

Yes, we can save the world . . . if we want to

Chris Luebkeman asks whether we are ready to change everything

A matter of security

A matter of security

Why is the MoD so seriously concerned about global warming? Josh Arnold-Forster on the social collapse we are not prepared for

The green rush

The green rush

Businesses are vying to save the planet, and getting rich. But does it matter, so long as they deliver the goods?

Interview: Harriet Harman

Interview: Harriet Harman

The constitutional affairs minister warns colleagues that they can't be a "little bit against discrimination"

The silent slip to destruction

The silent slip to destruction

Public services have been taken over by unelected bureaucrats. David Blunkett says we are all ill served by removing politicians from the decisions

Religion of despair

Religion of despair

Disciples of evangelism in the United States are often regarded with fear and suspicion. But for many it's seen as a route out of poverty and hopelessness

Bush's war on women

Bush's war on women

To further its anti-abortion crusade, the US denies aid to any NGO that offers safe terminations to the world's poorest women

The science of ourselves

The science of ourselves

Seventy years ago this week, a letter in the New Statesman launched the Mass-Observation project. It was the birth of a public fascination with "ordinary" lives which is still with us.

Regulars

A police force with a history of collusion hopes for a fresh start

New Statesman leader on the role some Northern Ireland police officers had in colluding with murder

Old ties, blue stockings

Pity the trio. You know the era is over when it’s better to be a rebel than a loyalist

Healthwatch: Cancer treatment shames Britain

Get a cancer diagnosis and you might be best placed leaving Britain for treatment

Thanks a bundle No 3962

Set by George Cowley We asked for thank-you letters from famous people for unwanted Christmas presents

Culture

The game show goes on

The game show goes on

"Participation TV" has taken over the world's airwaves, with cheap game shows racking up profits from premium-rate phone lines. But is it legal? Stephen Armstrong investigates

Doing it for the kids

Some of Britain's most credible indie bands have made children's albums. Jude Rogers finds out why

Funny peculiar

Funny peculiar

A new wave of disabled comedians is winning over mainstream audiences

Morbid fascinations

Morbid fascinations

Sarah Kane's dark, disturbing play is overburdened with good intentions Blasted Soho Theatre, London W1 There Came a Gypsy Riding Almeida, London N1

It's love, but not as we know it

It's love, but not as we know it

Spiritual, sincere and downright silly, this romantic story is weirdly intoxicating The Fountain (12A) dir: Darren Aronofsky

Teenage dreams, so hard to meet

Teenage dreams, so hard to meet

Channel 4's latest attempt to shock patronises its younger audience Skins E4

The show goes on for Elaine Paige

The show goes on for Elaine Paige

Why has the arch-witterer survived Radio 2's revamp?

Books

Dreaming of the dead

Dreaming of the dead

A short story

Living on the edge

Living on the edge

The Writing on the Wall: China and the west in the 21st century Will Hutton Little, Brown, 448pp, £20 ISBN 0316730181

Identity crisis

Identity crisis

Irish Freedom: the story of nationalism in Ireland Richard English Macmillan, 625pp, £25 ISBN 1405041897

The cost of capitalism

Affluenza Oliver James Vermilion, 382pp, £17.99 ISBN 0091900107

A taste of the past

A taste of the past

Plats du Jour Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd Persephone Books, 304pp, £12 ISBN 1903155606

Modern manners

Modern manners

Nature Girl Carl Hiaasen Bantam Press, 320pp, £12.99 ISBN 0593057317

Ideas factory

Ideas factory

Made to Stick: why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck Chip and Dan Heath Random House, 304pp, £12.99 ISBN 1905211570

Science fact, sort of

Science fact, sort of

The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead: dispatches from the front line of science Marcus Chown Faber & Faber, 256pp, £15.99 ISBN 057122055X

Sick of literature

Sick of literature

Montano Enrique Vila-Matas (translated by Jonathan Dunne) Harvill Secker, 326pp, £14.99 ISBN 1843432153

Observations

Blood, bullets and ice

Blood, bullets and ice

Observations on diamonds

Too much hard work

Too much hard work

Observations on social trends

Rack attack

Rack attack

Observations on hip-hop

Where were you?

Where were you?

Five things you might have missed last week

What Iraq told Syria

Observations on the Middle East

Out of the mouths...

Out of the mouths...

Observations on the Middle East

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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