Arts & Books
Jonathan Spence / August 20, 1997
Is China a "rogue" country aggressively seeking hegemony in Asia, or a weakened one-party state desperately trying to control rapid social change? We may not know until it is too late
Yvette Cooper / August 20, 1997
An old Labour academic claims that lack of demand is the main cause of unemployment. Yvette Cooper, a new Labour MP, says this Keynesianism is as out of date as the monetarism which followed
Martin Kettle / August 20, 1997
The Royal Opera House, which has just closed for two and a half years, is in permanent crisis. This is because its public subsidy is both too big and too small
Melanie Phillips / August 20, 1997
Libertarians accuse Amitai Etzioni of authoritarianism. But the populariser of communitarianism is in fact a classic liberal
Daniel Britten / August 20, 1997
The debate about "recovered memory" and sexual abuse of children has been too concerned with Freudian methodology. We should try to discover what is actually happening
Nicolas Walter / August 20, 1997
Anne Frank's diaries have appeared in at least three versions since her death in 1945. That even the latest "definitive" edition may not be so definitive
Hugh Raven / August 20, 1997
Once there was cause for alarm about the environment, but no longer, claims Gregg Easterbrook; the greens can now go home. Not so.
Michael Mertes / July 20, 1997
European integration is not a cover for German hegemonic ambitions. It is the only alternative to the destructive power politics of the past
David Nathan / July 20, 1997
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and not John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, was the greatest mid-century influence on British theatre
Celia Brayfield / July 20, 1997
Walt Disney has turned "Beauty and the Beast" into a parable about socialising masculinity without lessening its appeal. But Celia Brayfield thinks Superman and Lois Lane are unlikely to live happily...
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