Issue 76
July 2002
Contents
Endgame for EU enlargement
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
In the coming weeks the media will be full of stories about the crises in EU enlargement talks. But expansion to include up to ten more countries is too far advanced to stop
Hugo Chávez
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
Venezuela's comeback kid has survived by brandishing a buffoonish popularism. But he is serious about his anti-Americanism
Comment (1)Too many students?
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
In 15 years Britain has acquired a mass university system. But this has not made us more equal
Keep on smiling
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
Republicans lost the argument at the jubilee, but monarchists didn't win it
Radical Islam's failure
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
The tension between the pious middle class and the urban poor in Muslim states has been exploited by authoritarian governments
The balance sheet
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
The meaning of privatisation is now clearer. Privatised businesses have fared better than nationalised ones but most have not thrived. And the plc model does not work for monopoly services.
How to do nothing
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
Lucian Freud's real genius is not for portraiture, but indolence
Football melancholy
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
The man with the biggest cheque book in soccer is saddened by today's homogeneous global football. But he loves his own brand
Nuclear calm
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
Thanks to the subcontinent's pervasive fatalism, people on both sides remained worryingly calm during the nuclear stand-off
In praise of porn
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
If Labour returns Richard Desmond's money it will be the right deed for the wrong reason. Pornography brings order to nature
Shakalaka with me, baby
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
"Bombay Dreams" is not a unique fusion of Indian and western genres
Clara Schumann's double life
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
Janice Galloway reclaims a life and the biographical novel
Half-right Hutton
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
Will Hutton fails to establish the superiority of European values, but his critique of America is surprisingly useful
The definitive Dostoevsky
20th July 2002 — Issue 76
Joseph Frank has completed his five-volume biography of the Russian genius