Issue 163
October 2009
Contents
The Prospect debate: does Britain's left have a future?
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David Aaronovitch vs John Harris
Comment (4)Left brain, right brain
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Brain and behaviour research is challenging assumptions about human nature
The greengrocer's revenge
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Many eastern European's feel that only the elites gained from the revolutions of 1989
What do the Tories really really want?
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Cameron's inner team of true believers think they can transform the British state
In search of the lost generation
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How badly will young people suffer in this recession?
The drugs don't work
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A new book claims that Prozac-style antidepressants are worse than useless
Martinique's tough choice
16th October 2009 — Issue 163
Saying farewell to the “free baguette” may prove an unpalatable option to many in France's neo-empire
The profound stupidity of football
30th September 2009 — Issue 163
A brilliant new book lays bare the idiocies of the beautiful game for all to see
Uganda's crude asset
21st September 2009 — Issue 163
New-found oil reserves could double Uganda's GDP, but at what cost?
Ireland's new culture war
18th September 2009 — Issue 163
With Ireland's second referendum on the Lisbon treaty only week away, Colin Murphy examines how it is defining a new culture war in Irish society
Lyrical exorcism
17th September 2009 — Issue 163
Rango, the ancient Sudanese music of healing, is under threat from religious orthodoxy. But the musicians are fighting back
Unhappy 60th, comrades
23rd September 2009 — Issue 163
China's Communist party doesn't know what it's for
Interview: the play's the thing
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Trevor Nunn and Kevin Spacey interviewed
Still crazy after all these years
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Female surrealists finally get their own exhibition
Douglas, the universe and everything
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Douglas Adams was an emotional vampire
Apocalypse tomorrow
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Atwood and Coupland's latest dystopias are all wrong