Issue 110, May 1998
Discussing the paedophile panic
There are uncomfortable questions which need to be asked about the growing furore over child sex offenders, says James
Heartfield
I do not much care what happens to those guilty of violent sex offences against children, writes Mick Hume, but I do care about the implications of the national panic about paedophiles
Why would a mother want to broadcast the views of paedophiles? Claire Fox spoke to Dea Birkett, maker of the controversial Channel 4 documentary The Devil Amongst Us
The paedophile panic is sweeping Italy too. Dominic Standish and Laura Ceccato report from Venice
4 Mick Hume: Ghoul Britannia
6 LM-Mail
8 Taboos: The shocking truth about teenage mothers Ann Furedi
10 A sorry spectacle Mark Ryan
13 Opinion: Ann Bradley
14 Rape law: the lessons of sexual history Helen Reece
16 Ireland's Peace of Nothing Brendan O'Neill
18 Free the Weed - but at a price Liz Malone and Jennie Bristow
20 Ha'way the (well-behaved) lads Brendan O'Neill
21 Second Opinion: Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
22 I was an Eton teenage bully Hugh Peto
23 The secret of Mr Blair's success Jennie Bristow
24 Discussing the paedophile panic
Is fear itself the greatest danger? James
Heartfield
The libertarian parent's dilemma Mick Hume
And the Devil spake unto her Claire Fox
Secrets of the confessional Dominic Standish and Laura Ceccato
31 Mapplethorpe: obscene allegations Helene Guldberg
32 Kosovo: the final act Linda Ryan
35 Scientists question global warming Roger Bate
36 Futures: Bill Gates rules cyberspace, OK? Mark Beachill
38 alt.culture.lm
From Madchester to Dadchester; Lolita; Eco-architects; Litpop; Accordion revival
43 Reading between the lines
The limits of environmentalism