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New Statesman - Thursday 26 June 2008 |
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Selection of articles from the British weekly
Cover story
Thou shalt not hug
British society no longer trusts grown-ups to interact with children. In a controversial new report, Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow argue that the culture of "vetting" adults is damaging relationships between the generations
Features
Don't write off Mr Bean
Vincent Cable
Brown has made blunders and suffered bad luck. But if he can show clarity and conviction, the next election could still be competitive
Who can you trust?
Marek Kohn
Politicians frequently agonise over whether voters find them trustworthy. But the more important question for a society may be whether its citizens believe others will treat them fairly
The handbag of God
Andrea Riseborough
When homeless people seem lazy, sleep seems a waste of time and sex even
more so, you're ready to play Margaret Thatcher. Andrea Riseborough on becoming the young Iron Lady
Regulars
New Statesman Leader - Who really holds the country to ransom?
Despatches - Fabricate that fear
John Pilger
Those snatched from their homes in Britain following 11 September 2001 have all but vanished into an Anglo-American gulag
Letter From China - Power shifts from the west to the rest
Lindsey Hilsum
The economic order was transformed not by any altruistic movement or political awakening, but by globalised capitalism
Julian's Week - From Mugabe to Cartier
Julian Clary
Our over-analytical brains are a curse - mine led me from Robert Mugabe to a Cartier Tank ring
Arts & Culture
Writing on the wall
Sue Hubbard
Cy Twombly has been described as a graffiti artist, but that is to belittle his intuitive exploration of intellectual and emotional experience
Ideas - Art isn't working
Vaughan Allen
The cultural elite ignore our industrial origins
Books
In a brilliant and accessible study , Gert-Rudolf Flick unveils a succession of 18 artists - masters and pupils, stretching over five centuries from Perugino to Manet, by way of Raphael and David. Brian Sewell applauds a fascinating account of the how and what, the when and why of art
Reviewed by Brian Sewell
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