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Issue: November 2010
Party Lines
Daisy Waugh overhears the great debate about Fairness
Daisy Waugh
Party Lines
UK Politics
Burnt Out? Try Improvisation
Classical musicians should take time off once in a while to have fun. It’ll help them professionally
Jessica Duchen
Music
When Facebook Friends Fall Out
David Fincher’s movie about the rise of social networking is skilful, but the human touch is lacking
Peter Whittle
Film
Technology
Different Class
Only in Britain could a TV company get away with a drama that looks so lovingly at the past
Nick Cohen
Heritage
Screen
TV
An Eye for the Ladies
Stendhal loved Lawrence, Thackeray thought his work tawdry. An NPG exhibition gives us a chance to decide
Michael Prodger
Art
A Prince Among Hamlets
By making Elsinore a modern surveillance state, Hytner’s production has added menace
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Black Power
Conventional wisdom says White is better from the first move. A few noted grandmasters have challenged this assumption
Dominic Lawson
Chess
Busy Old Foolery
With advances in technology, we are learning more and more about the way the Sun is developing
Richard Cohen
Cosmos
Environment
Science
A Fever that Doesn’t Last
Cyber-activism spreads quickly and reaches many, but the lack of risk involved means it is largely superficial
Frances Weaver
Politics
Technology
Let the Real Battle Commence
Our Mole inside the Labour Party says Ed Miliband and his gang from the metropolis are already showing them who’s boss
anonymous
The Mole
UK Politics
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
Drawing Board