Back to college

If New Labour is allowed to get away with implementing the Dearing Report, says Claire Fox, it is likely to mean the end of university life as we know it

Second class students

Who benefits from the new policy of lowering university standards in order to get more working class and disadvantaged students into higher education, asks Brendan O'Neill

Northern exposure

A college photography tutor has been forced to resign for treating mature students like adults. Jennie Bristow reports from Teeside

4 MOURNING SICKNESS

LM writers give an alternative view of the national grief-fest and what it says about Blair's Britain AD (After Diana)

Blair's Britain AD - After Diana
Beware the rampant id
The lonely crowd
A tyrannical new religion
The new protocol
Tragic lives

10 LM-mail

12 TABOOS: The case for kids Ann Bradley

15 THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF PRIVACY Helen Searls

18 Why are journalists so defensive? Tessa Mayes

20 LM v ITN

22 Northern exposure Jennie Bristow

24 THE DUMBING DOWN OF HIGHER EDUCATION Claire Fox

28 Second class students Brendan O'Neill

31 War crimes: Remember My Lai? Dave Hallsworth

32 Videos and Violence: 'A scientific case for censorship'? Andrew Calcutt

34 FUTURES: Transport policy on the road to nowhere Austin Williams

37 Alcopops: the hidden agenda Jennie Bristow

38 ALT.CULTURE.LM
Football: using our religion
Boxing KO'd
Sean Hughes
Cartooning for equality

42 APPEAL: In defence of free speech

43 READING BETWEEN THE LINES
Are poverty and ill-health really getting worse?