20 August 2007

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Cover story

The most important protest of our time

The most important protest of our time

Aviation is the incendiary issue in environmental politics today. The campaigners at Heathrow are just the vanguard of a powerful new people's movement.

Features

No mercy for Ming

No mercy for Ming

The polls may be bad for David Cameron, but they are even worse for Menzies Campbell. The knives are out for him, even if he cannot yet see them

Invasion of human snails

Invasion of human snails

Let the petrolheads sneer: caravans are making a comeback.

Still the lucky country

Still the lucky country

Julianne Schultz introduces a special report on Australia - a nation anxious to recover its old confidence and flair

No more victims

No more victims

Indigenous people must stop expecting help from others and start taking responsibility, argues Noel Pearson, a leading Aboriginal lawyer

A pretty determined bastard

A pretty determined bastard

A studious Christian who speaks fluent Mandarin is an unlikely political hero. But Kevin Rudd looks set to be next prime minister.

Over here

Over here

There are thought to be some 200,000 young Australians in London. But why on earth would they leave the sun, surf and easygoing lifestyle of their homeland?

Regulars

Meet the president, our perfect CEO

A business culture has overtaken the civil service ethos in France plc

Ask the Netdoctor No 3991

Set by Hank T Romein Now that you can buy updated versions of Monopoly, with congestion charge penalties and National Lottery prizes added to the more familiar “second prize in a beauty contest” Chance cards, we asked you to send in other updatings of familiar children’s games such as Doctors and Nurses and Cops and Robbers

Culture

For your eyes only

For your eyes only

Visual art once had only a walk-on part at the Edinburgh Festival. With a fine selection of shows this year, it is now centre stage.

Swinging Addis

Swinging Addis

Ethiopian pop was killed off by dictatorship, but left a rich and eccentric legacy.

Stop all those clocks

Stop all those clocks

We've got better at telling time, but now it's a private affair.

Making a song and dance about it

Making a song and dance about it

Royal Festival Hall reopens with a breathtaking version of Carmen Jones Carmen Jones Royal Festival Hall, London SE1

Bourne to thrill

Bourne to thrill

Matt Damon shines in an intelligent, pacy action film with a conscience The Bourne Ultimatum (12A) dir: Paul Greengrass

A reasonable man

A reasonable man

New Agers are a soft target, but it's a joy to watch Dawkins take them to task The Enemies of Reason Channel 4

Letters from a merry critic

Clive James, who's mellowed with age, is a worthy successor to Alistair Cooke

Books

Coming home to roost

Coming home to roost

Rooks are one of Britain's most common birds. But, as an eccentric memoir reveals, there is much mystery behind the mundane.

Tales from the city

Tales from the city

Vivien Goldman on urban lit - stories of survival, revenge and desire on the streets of New York

Murder he wrote

Murder he wrote

Tokyo Year Zero David Peace Faber & Faber, 355pp, £16.99

Strange company

Teeth Under the Sun Ignácio de Loyola Brandão Dalkey Archive Press, 368pp, £8.99

Life by numbers

Life by numbers

J K Galbraith: a 20th-Century Life Richard Parker Old Street Publishing, 820pp, £25

Rough justice

Rough justice

Nationality: Wog. The Hounding of David Oluwale Kester Aspden Jonathan Cape, 236pp, £12.99

Not cool, dude

Not cool, dude

I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski Bill Green, Ben Peskoe, Will Russell and Scott Shuffitt Canongate, 256pp, £12.99

A matter of taste

A matter of taste

Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and their Food John Dickie Sceptre, 404pp, £20

Observations

Nato's rival in the east

Nato's rival in the east

Observations on Central Asia

Springs of hope

Springs of hope

Observations on the Middle East

Drawn and quartered

Observations on urban renaissance

Moodometer

We test the temperature of the nation this week

Russia's veto over Kosovo

Russia's veto over Kosovo

Observations on the Balkans

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)

Vote!

Will Baroness Ashton be an effective EU foreign minister?

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