In this week's magazine Hands up who knows how to fix our schools

30 May 2011

Columns
- The silent revolution
  While everyone has been distracted by the shake-up of the NHS, Michael Gove has been pushing ahead w
  By Peter Wilby
- Laurie Penny on the sex lives of powerful men
  Our fascination with scandal and sleaze hides the seriousness of corruption and the ordinariness of infidelity, rape and abuse.
  By Laurie Penny
- “I can see another financial bomb going off”
  Once a self-styled free radical, Vince Cable is now grappling with the compromises of power. Here he
  By Jason Cowley
Features
- Gove's free schools policy is already in trouble
  Even the parents wanting to set up free schools are frustrated.
  By Francis Gilbert
Critics
- Remembering I F Stone
  Even Julian Assange salutes him — America’s greatest investigative journalist remains a hero and an
  By D D Guttenplan
- The Quotable Hitchens – from Alcohol to Zionism: the Very Best of Christopher Hitchens
  By George Eaton
- Madeleine
  Headlines, hate mail and Kate McCann.
  By Julie Myerson
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