19 March 2007
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Cover story
Trident: Why Brown went to war with Labour
As he prepares to take power, Gordon Brown has served notice to the Labour Party that he will make no compromises on security and defence issues. Our political editor, Martin Bright, reveals the behind-the-scenes battles, of which Trident is only the start
Features
One small step for the politicians
Two speeches and a draft bill may not make for a revolution, but Mark Lynas hails a significant shift in the green agenda for UK and global politics
From Trident to tax to climate change: the party speaks
A YouGov survey indicates a divided mood among Labour members. Here we publish the full results of the poll
Locked up to make us feel better
Petty criminals are increasingly being given life sentences not for crimes they have committed, but to protect the public from their possible future behaviour. Soon our prisons will hold more people in such preventive detention than murderers.
How will the dream end?
Over five decades the postwar European states have struggled to define a common purpose. But what exactly should the EU's mission be?
A tale of two Italys
A furious row over competing projects - one to build a flood barrier for Venice, the other to construct a suspension bridge for Sicily - says everything about the current state of the nation.
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Britain: a laggard that could be a leader in tackling climate change
This will be a long slog, and will require ingenuity and determination in the face of a relentless assault by media and business
Belles lettres No 3969
Set by Didier d'Argent We asked you for extracts from a book with one letter missing from the title, written in the style of the original.
Culture
Rough justice
The US military has accused the television series 24 of promoting torture. The programme's star, Kiefer Sutherland, tells Stephen Armstrong that the army should concentrate on cleaning up its own act
Theatre
End of the pier entertainment
Robert Lindsay dispels the ghost of Olivier in John Osborne's classic The Entertainer Old Vic, London SE1
Film
Funny guy with a serious talent
The director of this ultra-low-budget indie comedy is one to watch Funny Ha Ha (15) dir: Andrew Bujalski
Television
They're out to get you
An intriguing, if paranoid, series probes the loss of our democracy The Trap: whatever happened to our freedom BBC2
Books
One to remember
The Amnesiac Sam Taylor Faber & Faber, 329pp, £12.99
The sky's the limit
The Cloudspotter's Guide Gavin Pretor-Pinney Sceptre, 303pp, £7.99
Brief encounters
Between the Worlds Andrée Chedid Flambard, 270pp, £9.99
Articles of resistance
Eat the Document Dana Spiotta Picador, 290pp, £12.99
Pimp my lines
Rappers, argues Nicholas Blincoe, are first and foremost poets. But as Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent bid for literary respectability, can they stand up to Keats and Dylan?
A reasonable man
How to be Right: the essential guide to making left liberals history James Delingpole Headline Review, 192pp, £12.99
Pills and swoon
Notebooks Tennessee Williams, edited by Margaret Bradham Thornton Yale University Press, 784pp, £27.50
Burning down
Fireproof Raj Kamal Jha Picador, 352pp, £12.99
Observations
A breaking story
Conventional armies are a sledgehammer to crack a nut when it comes to fighting guerrillas.
