In this week's magazine Has the Arab Spring been hijacked?

23 January 2012

Observations
- 1066 and all that
  Michael Gove argues that schools should teach children about kings, queens and wars. He's offering a
  By Richard J Evans
Columns
- NHS is heading for the "perfect storm"
  Hamish Meldrum, head of the BMA, says Andrew Lansley is forcing unworkable, unprecedented “efficienc
  By Jason Cowley
Features
- 1066 and all that
  Michael Gove argues that schools should teach children about kings, queens and wars. He's offering a
  By Richard J Evans
- Mehdi Hasan speaks to Wael Ghonim, Egyptian democracy activist, on Facebook, Assad and the Muslim Brotherhood
  “The fate of nations should be decided by their own people”.
  By Mehdi Hasan
- Miliband and Balls have fallen into a Tory trap, says Mehdi Hasan
  Without a focused and consistent message, any political party is stuck. Voters make decisions based not on specific party policies or positions, but on larger "frames" or metaphors.
  By Mehdi Hasan
- John Pilger: Britain, America and the war on democracy
  From the Chagos Islands to Pakistan, innocent civilians are pawns to America, backed by Britain. In our compliant political culture, this deadly game seldom speaks its name.
  By John Pilger
Critics
- George F Kennan: an American Life
  By John Gray
- "Social Fabric" at Iniva (London EC2)
  A woven history of the trade economy.
  By Alice Gribbin
- J Edgar (15); W.E. (15)
  Political biopics can conceal as much as they reveal, writes Ryan Gilbey.
  By Ryan Gilbey
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