Issue 60
February 2001
Contents
Europe's Turkish question
20th February 2001 — Issue 60
Turkey's 1999 earthquake shook up the European landscape. Thawing relations with Greece and a ceasefire with the Kurds have finally opened the way to Turkish entry into the EU. The geopolitical implications are enormous.
Colin Powell
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The US secretary of state dislikes military intervention because he has problems understanding the world
The seamstress
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I am four foot tall and have a curved spine. But I am beginning to walk taller
Power food
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Sergi was sent down for 15 years for smuggling caviar. In prison he became a poet and now he laughs at the new Russians
Against Dr Panglum
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Enlightenment humanists need to fight the postmodern culture that views us as a mere genetically or culturally programmed zombies
Is Britain European?
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Which is the wider divide, the Atlantic or the Channel? Caught between affiliations, Britain has to dig deep to discover Europe at its heart
Gladstone's hour
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Identifying the contradiction at the heart of constitutional reform
Filming Intimacy
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Collaboration between a British-Indian writer and a pre-eminent French director led to a sexually charged vision of 21st century London. This is the point of Intimacy
Arguing over Oxford
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Oxford doesn't stand comparison with powerful American universities
Human capital
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Does welfare to work make any more sense than tax and spend?
A single story
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The deaths of WV Quine and Elizabeth Anscombe represent the end of an era
Foreigner at home
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Britain is a fascinating and diverse country but you wouldn't guess that from the London papers
Vaguely European
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The continental European novel is in poor health. Nobel prize winner José Saramago is one of the few who can still make it fly
Financial authority
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Why George Soros is unnecessarily gloomy about the future of the global financial system and the hard-working plumbers who are patching it up
A cynical German
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A new biography of Konrad Adenauer - an unpleasant man, but a statesman who learnt the lessons of history
Weddings galore
20th February 2001 — Issue 60
Weddings used to be The End. Now, with the help of "Hello" and "OK!" they are only the end of act one