27 August 2007
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Cover story
Bush: is the president imploding?
His aides are jumping ship, his inner circle is torn apart by feuds and his orders are being ignored. Bush has 17 months left in the White House but he is now a rudderless leader says Andrew Stephen, while Anthony Lane reports from New Orleans on the city failed by the president.
Features
David and George enter Phase Two
If Blair and Brown were Lennon and McCartney, who are Cameron and Osborne? Mick and Keith? Ant and Dec? Their relationship holds the key to Conservative fortunes
New Orleans: a national humiliation
Anthony Lane reports from the city failed by its president
Walk on by?
Going to the rescue of a stranger is dangerous. A few days ago, Ben Davies had to decide whether to try to stop a vicious assault
No place for a woman
British sport is still overwhelmingly male-oriented and male-driven - and many in the industry are very happy to keep it that way.
An important marker has been passed
Those calling for a boycott of Israel were once distant voices. Now the discussion has gone global. It is growing inexorably and will not be silenced.
Regulars
When governments gag writers
Taslima Nasreen is neither likeable nor easy to support but it is time for moderate Muslims to stand behind her
Tribalism places party before country
Tribalism is unthinking, it brooks no disagreement. It is, essentially, anti-democratic, as we know if we look around the world
Your God needs you! No 3992
Set by George Cowley "Jesus Loves You . . . Everyone else thinks you're a jerk" is a well-known bumper sticker. We asked for more slogans in the same vein to tempt punters with a sense of humour into church
Culture
A beautiful mind
Complicite's latest production is inspired by the life of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Nikita Lalwani traces his short life and extraordinary story
Theatre
Middle England's dirty secret
Ayckbourn hides unpleasant truths under a shiny veneer of humour How the Other Half Loves Theatre Royal Bath
Television
Dazed and confused
Steve Coogan is far too kind to his latest creation, a washed-up former roadie Saxondale BBC2
Books
Down memory lane
Brick Lane has been home to immigrants and outsiders for hundreds of years. Can it survive its repackaging as a hip, expensive neighbourhood?
Cash and glory
Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army Jeremy Scahill Serpent's Tail, 452pp, £12.99
Milgrim's progress
Spook Country William Gibson Viking, 384pp, £18.99
Battling madness
Delirium Laura Restrepo Harvill Secker, 336pp, £16.99
Don't look back!
Andrew Hussey on the tales of medieval Moors preoccupying Spanish readers
