October 2014 issue
Henry Kissinger talks to Bronwen Maddox, Peter Kellner's advice to Dave and Ed, Rory Bremner on satire, John Gray on 25 years of liberal delusion and Howard Jacobson.
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Essays
Triponema pallidum, a species of bacteria that causes syphilis
The fearsome four: Diseases worse than Ebola
Jeremy Gordon
anti-fracking protestors in Balcombe. © Push Europe
Special report on energy: The shale myth
Caroline Flint
Officials investigating an outbreak of avian flu in Suffolk in February 2007. Turkeys were culled to prevent the spread of the virus. © REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
Five diseases that are worse than Ebola
Hugh Pennington
If there is a repeat of the 2010 TV debates at the next election, perhaps party leaders should avoid the slanging matches. © Gareth Fuller/PA Archive/Press Association Images
Who has the best brand in politics?
Peter Kellner
Ed Davey is one Lib Dem who could be saved by a local campaigning masterplan. © Steve Parsons/PA Archive/Press Association Images
Special report on energy: How do we get out of this mess?
Dieter Helm
Henry Kissinger at home in Connecticut: "he came to be almost more identified with US foreign policy than the presidents he served under." © Stefan Ruiz
New world disorder: An interview with Henry Kissinger
Bronwen Maddox
Solar panels in Norway. © abrunvoll
Special report on energy: Renewing the future
Mark Dooley
A remaining segment of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall anniversary: 25 years of liberal delusion
John Gray
Is satire dead? Left, a a bonfire effigy of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand made in Kent, 2008; right, Spitting Image puppets of Neil Kinnock, Margaret Thatcher, David Owen and David Steel from 1987. © Invicta Kent media/Rex, ITV/Rex
Who killed satire?
Rory Bremner
Regulars
© Stephen Simpson/REX (background)/The Times/News Syndication
Duel: Is it time to abolish faith schools?
Ruth Gledhill & Andrew Copson
If I ruled the world: Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson
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Nancy Astor, Britain’s first female MP, campaigning in 1919. © Ken Welsh / Bridgeman Images
The way we were: Running for election
Ian Irvine
Opinions
If I ruled the world: Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson
Barack Obama—too hip for his own good?
Editorial: Too cool for the fight?
Bronwen Maddox
Is it time for the Bank of England to take action? © Keith Braithwaite
Why we must raise interest rates
Marian Bell
A statue of Burns in Kilmarnock. © summonedbyfells
What if... Robert Burns had left Scotland?
Robert Crawford
Do we need to take the fight to Putin?
Rory Stewart interview: Britain's strategic gap
Jay Elwes
© Mattia Landoni
Austerity: Time for radical change
Martin Wolf
Michael Foot: Thoughtful or useless? © John Redman/AP/Press Association Images
Better a thinker or a doer?
AC Grayling
More people in developing countries want to set the agenda in development aid. ©SIA KAMBOU / Stringer
The problem with foreign aid
Tom Dichter
Arts & Books
Book review: The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Joanna Kavenna
a scene from The Fly, a film in which a scientist accidentally turns himself into a giant insect. © United Archives GmbH / Alamy
David Cronenberg: A passion for mutation
Moira Weigel
Book review: Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich
Jay Elwes
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Anselm Kiefer: Nothung, 1973. Photography: Studio Tromp, Rotterdam / © Anselm Kiefer
Anselm Kiefer: Inside a black hole
Sebastian Smee
Is satire dead? Left, a a bonfire effigy of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand made in Kent, 2008; right, Spitting Image puppets of Neil Kinnock, Margaret Thatcher, David Owen and David Steel from 1987. © Invicta Kent media/Rex, ITV/Rex
Who killed satire?
Rory Bremner
A French Levi’s advert from the 1990s: “America won the world over, sometimes with candy bars and jeans, mostly with images and sounds.” © the advertising archives
America: The relentless creation of the new
Josef Joffe
Society and Culture
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Matters of taste: Foraging for supper
Wendell Steavenson
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Life of the mind: Behind the boredom
Anna Blundy
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Wine: Cultivating tourism
Barry Smith
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Leith on life: For the love of darts
Sam Leith
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