23 February 2009
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Cover story
After the big squeeze
This is not the New Depression, but we are on the way to discovering how the New Capitalism will operate argues economist Irwin Stelzer. And in an online exclusive, Vince Cable calls for bonuses to be linked to long-term performance.
Features
Michelle and the media
As the press swoons over Michelle Obama, it demonstrates our almost comical confusion about both race and strong women
Regulars
Commons Confidential
Inside Westminster
Why Big Gordie doesn't do pooches - all the gossip from the Westminster Village
Pleasing Mr Obama
Seven Pakistani nationals are being held at Guantanamo Bay, but if it keeps the Americans happy, the government in Islamabad doesn't care
Going for bust
Letter from the City: The Square Mile is feeling the pinch. With more bloodbaths to come, even bankers deserve some sympathy
World view
Sticking to the script
During the Cold War, Hollywood's anti-Soviet message was loud and clear. Today, the film industry is more likely to censor by omission
Shakespeare’s Globe
OK, I confess. It was me. I ran off with Darwin’s great-great-grand-daughter’s monkey
Do as I tell you
Set by Michael Cregan You were asked for misleading advice for Brits about to visit a foreign country
Culture
Uncommon man
John Adams's operas have laid the foundations of a distinctively American classical tradition. But, outside Carnegie Hall, the United States remains a nation profoundly uncomfortable with high culture
Voice of the people
Baaba Maal believes that African music can be a political force - a means to empower citizens, educate the young and keep communities together
Performance
Sins of the father
An underwhelming start gives way to an inspired reading of generational conflict Three Days of Rain Apollo Theatre, London W1
Film
The method behind the myth
Some last-minute sentimentality mars an otherwise fresh take on the biopic Che: Part Two (15) dir: Steven Soderbergh
Television
Determined not to be impressed
Away from politics, Paxman's bulldog interviewing style hits a wrong note The Victorians BBC1
Radio
Second-rate ranting
Is it just me, or have phone-in shows become a lot duller in the internet age?
Books
A glimpse of the crimson east
Lazy journalists assume that in Hackney you will find nothing but crime and poverty. Iain Sinclair, who has lived there for decades, sees a ferment of artistic and social engagement. Ever the fan of London's dark side, the Magus has come up with a love story this time.
Upwardly mobile
From Working-Class Hero to Absolute Disgrace: an Eighties Memoir Stephen Foster Short Books, 256pp, £10.99 Paperboy: a Memoir Christopher Fowler Doubleday, 304pp, £16.99
Ecstatic materialist
The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising Kenneth Roman Palgrave Macmillan, 304pp, £15.99
They want your sprogs
Consumer Kids: How Big Business Is Grooming Our Children for Profit Ed Mayo and Agnes Nairn Constable, 378pp, £8.99
Pantomime liberals
Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England Nick Cohen Fourth Estate, 383pp, £12.99
Observations
Big in Bulgaria
As Gladstone's bicentenary is marked, York Membery reports on the Grand Old Man's enduring popularity in Bulgaria
