Barbara Gunnell

Articles by Barbara Gunnell

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The New Statesman Profile - The package holiday

  • 24 July 2000

Though it has now become a ritual for 17 million people, Thomas Cook's brainchild may be on its last legs. The package holiday profiled

Lies, bedroom lies and statistics

  • 29 May 2000

The English? Top for female orgasms? Barbara Gunnellargues that Shere Hite should have asked around a bit more

Be a relaxer, take a longer holiday

  • 24 April 2000

On the Continent, people wind down properly with month-long vacations. The British, by contrast, insist on stress-inducing short breaks

Eat chocolate and feel good about it

  • 06 March 2000

Focus on business ethics - The odds in the cocoa market are stacked against developing-world farmers. Barbara Gunnell reports on how you can help get them a better deal

A tale of the power of ordinary folk

  • 21 February 2000

We do not need fewer juries but more, arguesBarbara Gunnell(lately on jury service)

The New Statesman Profile - The Industrial Society

  • 07 February 2000

Once, it pressed for workers' canteens; now, the messiah of stakeholding comes to change the state it's in. The Industrial Society profiled

Simple truth

  • 07 February 2000

Photography - Barbara Gunnell on the belated rise to fame of William Gedney

Who says we're dumbing down?

  • 13 December 1999

From Verdi's Falstaff to the selfish gene, our culture is more highbrow than ever

Tears - No longer a crying shame

  • 22 November 1999

The nineties - Gazza kicked off a trend that saw presidents and prime ministers weeping publicly

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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