26 November 2007
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Cover story
The new cultural revolution
The Beijing Olympic Games have been described as the superpower's "coming-out party". The authorities are also slowly realising that the arts will play a central role in improving China's international image. Here we focus on the burgeoning Chinese cultural scene
Features
The Father of the Nation chats up the wrong woman
All the gossip from the Westminster village
Tactical Briefing
From: The Unit To: GB Subject: Finding our Brown
Israel Lulled by the good life
Palestinian and Israeli leaders are engaging in peace talks. Yet, while people on either side of the wall inhabit different worlds, the prospects are bleak.
Calamity Brown
Martin Bright on the malaise at the heart of government - part of our unrivalled coverage in the Inside Track including an interview with Chris Huhne
Interview
I'm very pleased Nick's now aligned with me
After the spat with Lib Dem leadership rival Nick Clegg, Chris Huhne is unrepentant, determined to prove he's not a predictable, mushy-porridge politician.
Fight. No surrender No 4005
Set by Ian Blake "What we needed was 50 words we can use on the doorstep," moaned a Tory supporter about David Cameron's too-long conference speech. We asked you to do "on the doorstep" versions of famous speeches, in fact or fiction
Culture
Grand designs
The new national theatre in Beijing was designed as a people’s palace, but risks becoming a playground for the rich and famous.
Theatre
Desperately seeking the exit
Blondie's sleek, sophisticated pop has no place in this cynical production Desperately Seeking Susan Novello Theatre, London WC2
Film
Reality bites
Directors today are reluctant to rough it - so we need Herzog more than never Rescue Dawn (12A) dir: Werner Herzog The Darjeeling Limited (15) dir: Wes Anderson
Television
A great big rip-off
"Unprecedented access" is wasted in the hands of David Aaronovitch The Blair Years BBC1
Radio
Pressing concerns
Radio should engage with the breadth of opinion in our national newspapers The Archive Hour: The Editors Radio 4
Books
Books of the Year 2007
Billy Bragg, Hari Kunzru, Hilary Mantel, Tom Paulin, William Dalrymple and more choose their top tomes from 2007. Have a read then why not add your favourites in the comments section below?
Bluffer's guide to 2007's books
Hold your own at any Christmas dinner party with our guide to the best and worst of this year's books.
Observations
Africa's unsung heroes
Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody on going to Uganda with Save the Children and the heroes that hold some of the poorest communities in the world together
