Long reads The lady has not lost all her marbles Now that we have a statue of Margaret Thatcher, will Tony Blair model for one, too? By Stephen Smith
A mystery in the Bodleian Stephen Smith joins journalists who, looking for new revelations about Edward VIII, found only a ver By Stephen Smith
Waiting for the general What happens when Pinochet finally goes home? Stephen Smith in Santiago finds that the left wants hi By Stephen Smith
Lend me your neck and I’ll make a new man of you Stephen Smith tries street massage in London's Chinatown and imagines a new market in cuddles By Stephen Smith
Pinochet and Pygmalion in the park In Chile, the judge who will decide the fate of the country's former dictator bumps into Stephen Smi By Stephen Smith
Cautiously touring Mob-land In films, Cosa Nostra is a sinister fraternity given to murder and old-fashioned honour codes. In Ne By Stephen Smith
The mystery of the silent typewriter Joseph Mitchell, a New Yorker journalist, became famous, not for what he published but beca By Stephen Smith
A corner of America that is (for a while) Europe Gondolas, pigeons, muddy water, fine art: Venice has been exported to Las Vegas By Stephen Smith
The brightness and the glory A 154-foot tower, a chandelier weighing 300 kilos. Stephen Smithgains entry to the Mormon temple in By Stephen Smith