16 July 2007
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Cover story
Chávez: From hero to tyrant
The divisive policies of "El Presidente" are turning friends into enemies. Some claim his strident rhetoric risks provoking civil war. Alice O'Keeffe reports from Caracas
Features
Campbell’s compelling nuclear secret
Hidden away in the diaries of Blair's right-hand man is a revealing admission a key components of the controversial Iraq War dossier was spun out of all recognition.
Ming: no deal unless . . .
As he tries to face down the discontent in his party over his leadership, the Liberal Democrat leader reveals his terms for a future coalition
Quiet man starts noisy discussion
The right was crying out for a family policy. Was IDS the man to draft it?
Battle for Pakistan's soul
The siege of the Red Mosque in Islamabad has come to a bloody end - but the struggle between the Pakistani state and the jihadists can now only escalate
How we can rid Britain of violent extremism
Terrorism does not exist in a vacuum. What must be addressed is the political ideology of Islamism that inspires it
How big money seduces Oxford's brains
Champagne parties? £800 a week for a summer job? These are the kind of lures the banks are throwing out to ensure they get the cream of Britain's brightest students.
Regulars
Commons Confidential
How long before Andy and Steve fall out? Place your bets
The Inside Track from the Westminster village
The thinking: Why security has to be transparent
Brian Jones argues that faith in intelligence will be hard to restore
Misleading advice . . . No 3986
Set by Grace Elegy For this week, we asked you to send in suggestions for things foreign tourists to Britain should not leave the country without trying
Culture
Dreaming a continent
The European project will wither and die if it does not place culture and the arts at the heart of its identity, writes the legendary film-maker Wim Wenders
Monkeying around
An ambitious stage work composed by Damon Albarn proves there is hope for "fusion".
Passion play
Glyndebourne's St Matthew Passion, set in the aftermath of a school tragedy, was a risk worth taking.
Theatre
Yankee doodles dandy
A quirky double bill takes satirical swipes at everyday American culture American Nights King's Head Theatre, London N1
Film
Masterminded by Muggles
Harry Potter has amassed 12 hours of screen time, but real magic eludes him Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (12A) dir: David Yates
Television
Clean up your act, Courteney
American TV is in poor health, on the evidence of this dull and preachy drama Dirt Five US
Radio
Taking back the airwaves
Galloway's fiery rhetoric proves that left-wing talk shows can attract listeners George Galloway TalkSport
Books
An angry man lost
Alastair Campbell's diaries provide less of a political insight into the Blair era than a psychological portrait of people driven by fear and loathing
Drowned in sound
Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise Stuart Sim Edinburgh University Press, 224pp, £14.99
The growth industry
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating Barbara Kingsolver Faber & Faber, 352pp, £16.99
