24 September 2007
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Features
Buzzword Bingo!
Keep this bingo card handy during conference. Mark the buzzwords as you hear them during the Prime Minister’s keynote speech.
The history boys
As Gordon Brown fends off troubles on all fronts ahead of the Labour conference, Martin Bright says the PM should look to his party's roots to revive public confidence
Interview: Jack Straw
The elder statesman of the Brown government is pressing ahead with radical reform of the UK constitution. But Jack Straw can't resist offering his views on Europe - and beyond
Dave tries to hide his smile
Tories try not to crow as financial disaster shows Brown is vulnerable
Tactical Briefing
From: The Unit To: GB Subject: Thatcher
The creator
At the heart of Gordon Brown's popularity is the fact he is not Tony Blair. Here David Marquand suggests the new PM is stealthily re-creating new Labour in his own image
Green papers, white lies, hot air
Britain's policy on global warming remains mired in confusion, with too much debate and too little action. But there is a solution ...
Group hug
Gordon Brown has persuaded many that he is the "real thing", but that just shows we hardly know how to define what's real any more
Maggie's gift to Gordon
David Cameron tried to break with the Tory past by modelling himself on Tony Blair. But with Margaret Thatcher back at No 10, his new clothes are looking sadly dated
For God's sake No 3996
Set by Ian Birchall Now that Julie Burchill has quit journalism, and plans to study theology, we wondered what her take would turn out to be on some of the trickier theological issues such as the 39 Articles, transubstantiation or another biblical theme of your choice
Culture
The great crusader
Ken Loach's blistering new film about Britain's migrant workforce attacks the culture of "flexible labour". Gordon Brown is enemy number one, he tells Amy Raphael
Theatre
An American tragedy
Clifford Odets's tale of Depression-era hardship feels dated and creaky Awake and Sing! Almeida Theatre, London N1
Film
A reservoir dog's dinner
This 1970s B-movie homage is Tarantino on autopilot - two hours of utter trash Death Proof (18) dir: Quentin Tarantino
Television
Down with foodie fetishes
If the rabbit entrails don't make you want to vomit, the celebrity chefs will The Wild Gourmets Channel 4
Radio
Welcome to the third way
Radio 3 reaches the parts television cannot reach, thanks to some fresh ideas Sunday Feature The Wire Radio 3
Books
King of the swingers
Frank Sinatra's singing sounds perfectly effortless - but three biographies reveal the hard work and ingenuity behind his everyman image
Our surplus girls
Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War Virginia Nicholson Viking, 336pp, £20
America's best critic
Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 1930s Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s and 1940s Edmund Wilson Library of America, 1,025pp and 1,000pp, £19.75 each
A cure for everyone
The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against Aids Helen Epstein Viking, 352pp, £16.99
Pictures of you
The Rain Before It Falls Jonathan Coe Viking, 288pp, £17.99
