10 September 2007
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Cover story
The BoJo, Ken and Bri show
London in 2007 is Hogarth's city, the global capital of money, sex, booze and who-cares attitude. In Boris Johnson, it would get the mayor it truly deserves. Plus don't miss the rest of our Inside Track
Features
Citizen's advice
When is the new politics really new, and when is it merely a device to distance Gordon Brown from Tony Blair's legacy? Our political editor, Martin Bright, identifies the places where change is actually taking place
Malcontents and moustaches
Dave returns to the fray to face twin charges of lurching to the right and shedding Tory principles
Nothing left for Protestants
In his earnestness and abstemiousness, the new Prime Minister is drawing on roots deep in the Labour Party. But, as Tristram Hunt explains, few are likely to follow Gordon Brown's example
The fall of Condi
The US secretary of state was feted as "brilliant" and "gifted", but her tenure is now acknowledged as a disastrous failure.
We must learn from our mistakes
Does Britain really understand its true position in the new world order? Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's former ambassador to the UN, gives a controversial analysis.
Stalin, his father and the Rabbit
The bizarre story of Stalin, his possible biological father, his food taster - and the connection of all three to President Putin - can finally be revealed.
I'm dying for a fag No 3994
Set by Hank T Romein Actors desperate for a ciggy will welcome the loophole in the law which permits smoking on stage if this is dramatically essential. We asked you to concoct a letter to the local authority justifying your portrayal of a character as a chain smoker or the unexpected introduction of tobacco into any well-known play
Culture
Mortal combat
China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, searched obsessively for the secret of eternal life. And perhaps he found it; although he died aged only 50, the extraordinary legacy of his burial chambers lives on.
England’s dreaming
A star-studded musical collaboration is bringing English folk into the 21st century.
Theatre
The great dictator
Superb acting and stage design boost this tale of a brutal ruler's downfall The Emperor Jones Olivier Theatre, London SE1
Film
Style over substance
Ian McEwan's novel fails to make the transition to film, despite a star cast Atonement (15) dir: Joe Wright
Television
Brother to brother
Good intentions undermine Mark Haddon's tale of sibling rivalry Coming Down the Mountain BBC1
Radio
The liquid murmur of posh ladies
What is it that makes Woman's Hour so appealing to male listeners? Woman's Hour Radio 4
Books
Off the autoroute
A "historical guidebook" uncovers the stranger side of French history, complete with beetroot brandy, whistle languages and fearsome sheep.
The power of pop
Japrocksampler: How the Postwar Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock'n'Roll Julian Cope Bloomsbury, 304pp, £14.99
The last action hero
Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson Little, Brown, 400pp, £17.99
Signs of the times
My Revolutions Hari Kunzru Hamish Hamilton, 288pp, £16.99
Conversion disorder
The Fallout: How a Guilty Liberal Lost his Innocence Andrew Anthony Jonathan Cape, 320pp, £14.99
Party animals
London Lights: the Minds That Moved the City That Shook the World James Hamilton John Murray, 416pp, £25
Added value
The Tiger That Isn’t: Seeing Through a World of Numbers Michael Blastland, Andrew Dilnot Profile Books, 256pp, £12.99
The art of noise
New York Noise: Art and Music from the New York Underground 1978-1988 Stuart Baker and Paula Court Soul Jazz, 208pp, £18.95
