04 June 2007
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Cover story
50 ideas for Brown's Britain
We ask the five leading think tanks of the left to suggest ten-point plans for the Brown premiership. Why not read them and then add your suggestions underneath?
Features
A deal for all the talents
The Inside Track with Adam Boulton, Kevin Maguire, Tara Hamilton-Miller, Douglas Fraser and Peter Wilby
The view from Scotland: Still hanging on the telephone
Despite the silence from London, Alex Salmond is getting to grips with his fiefdom.
The thinking: When politicians use their brains
Peter Wilby on telling the truth about grammar schools
The poisonous legacy of 9/11
New Yorkers were told their air was safe to breathe after 9/11. It wasn't. As the city's first toxic dust-related death we report on the lies and the cover-up
How migrants really live
Margaret Hodge thinks newcomers to Britain take housing which should go to the indigenous population. But there is no privilege in the life of newly arrived immigrants.
Regulars
Marcus's week
Never interrupt a delightful lady, even when you're supposed to
No 3980: Death of the author?
Set by Didier d'Argent You were asked for an extract from a student's essay on a literary topic that would give his or her teacher/tutor a clue that it might not be entirely the student's own work
Culture
Back to the future
Lynsey Hanley cheers the reopening of the refurbished Royal Festival Hall but is it still a people's palace?
A view from the east
Indian art nets record prices even as its makers suffer threats to their freedom of expression.
The way I see it
The way I see it: The Chapman brothers
Jake and Dinos Chapman talk about the love of country and art for the few
Cultural diplomacy
Neil Kinnock, chair of the British Council, tells Richard Brooks why China isn't ready for Tracey's unmade bed
Theatre
Shakespeare by numbers
A straightforward period production evokes memories of A-level English Othello Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1
Film
Taking over the asylum
This gruesome black comedy will definitely put you off your dinner Lunacy (18) dir: Jan Svankmajer Paradise Lost (18) dir: John Stockwell
Television
Shop 'til you drop
Not even the latest TV bully will stop the relentless advance of big chains Mary, Queen of Shops BBC2
Radio
A talent for deception
David Mamet is a master craftsman, as this sparkling world premiere shows Keep Your Pantheon Radio 4 Jon Ronson On . . . Radio 4
Books
False gods
Religion, claims Christopher Hitchens, is bigoted, irrational and evil. But his moral certitude makes him no better than the fundamentalists he opposes.
The big questions
Nicolas Sarkozy debates belief, freedom and work with the atheist philosopher Michel Onfray
Taking the high road
The Khyber Pass Paddy Docherty Faber & Faber, 261pp, £17.99 ISBN 0571219772
Secrets and lies
The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir A M Homes Granta, 238pp, £12.99 ISBN 1862079757
Culture industry
After Dark Haruki Murakami Harvill Secker, 208pp, £14.99 ISBN 1846550475
Filling in the blanks
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy Elise Juska Pocket Books, 271pp, £10.99 ISBN 1416516921
