Life & Society
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Accidental tourist
Rob Blackhurst books a family break at a Portuguese resort - and finds himself babysitting in Praia da Luz
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Humanity's last rage
Was it a great beginning . . . or just the final great street festival before the darkness closed in? Peter Wilby wonders whether the year changed everything - or nothing at all
A boys' year
It was men who led the demos. We weren't aware of what would soon be called women's liberation, writes Anna Coote. But then we caught the mood . . .
The French revolution
In May '68, Paul Johnson, the then editor of the New Statesman, extolled Parisian student power in an impassioned article, abridged here, entitled "The new spectre haunting Europe"
Signs of the times
An exhibition of posters and photographs from the Paris rebellion is irresistible, but tricky out of context
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Hitting myself with a rat
From infectious hotels to her favourite power tools - Scottish writer and comedian AL Kennedy's brilliant new column for newstatesman.com
Released from Brixton
"Out already Peter?" came the resentful tones of Detective Sergeant "Sniffer" of West End Central Crime Squad. "Just show me what's in your bag"
Angry Anna shows us how to age
While the older generation bears the brunt of pernicious ageism, a fear of being considered old infects society as a whole
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Sport
Hunter Davies
And the award goes to . . . Hunter Davies chooses his best in show for this season
Blogs
Life at Findhorn
A fortnightly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.
