March 2001 issue of Prospect Magazine (#61)
Features
Tom Standage / March 20, 2001
The story of the rise and fall of Microsoft is already a business classic. But does the...
Magnus Linklater / March 20, 2001
For the past 15 years, my son has suffered from manic depression. I have seen at first...
Tim King / March 20, 2001
If you think British bloodsports are bad, just take a look at the French
prospect / March 20, 2001
Mentor to the 1968 radicals now in power - and especially to Joschka Fischer. Did he help...
David Marquand / March 20, 2001
Twenty years in the making, Robert Skidelsky's brilliant biography of Keynes has run out...
Deepak Lal / March 20, 2001
A strong yet flexible state is handy. A binding legal system is essential. But democracy?...
David Cox / March 20, 2001
At a time political and social disconnection we need public service broadcasting more...
Ian Buruma / March 20, 2001
Modern intellectuals should stand up for outcasts. But not by pretending to be outcasts...
Heidi Kingstone / March 20, 2001
Dear Patrick
30th January 2001
The western public is, rightly, moved by the sight of sick...
Opinions
Simon Kuper / March 20, 2001
The Blair government has done a lot for soccer, and has got almost nothing in return....
John Barry / March 20, 2001
Whatever the rest of the world says, the US will build a national missile defence. Here's...
Tony Blair / March 20, 2001
The ideas associated with the third way are still the wave of the future for progressive...
Arts & Books
Philip MacCann / March 20, 2001
Malcolm Bradbury taught Ian McEwan and his UEA writing classes became legendary. But this...
Herb Greer / March 20, 2001
At half its original length Tantulus is still twelve hours too long
Ivan Hewett / March 20, 2001
World music is a huge global business, but in musical terms it doesn't actually exist....
Kate Kellaway / March 20, 2001
As Ariel Sharon is elected, Amos Oz publishes his new verse novel in Britain. Inside its...