Issue 121, June 1999
Heard the one about the 'ageing crisis'? It's the old story, says Phil Mullan
LM's survey of 100 sixth formers reveals mixed feelings over sexual
relationships between teachers and students. Jennie Bristow reports
What's the point of Edward and Sophie? asks Brendan O'Neill
Charles Rosen talked to Mark Ryan about innovation, Beethoven and the
Marquis de Sade
Felicity Arbuthnot reports from Iraq on what it really means to 'degrade' a
country
The government's one big idea about business is 'the knowledge-driven
economy' - and it's a duff one, argues James Heartfield
4 Mick Hume: If the Kosovo crisis didn't exist, Blair would have to invent it
6 LM Online
8 Don't sack Chris Woodhead over sex, say sixth formers Jennie Bristow
10 Age concern Phil Mullan
13 Opinion: Boys and their toys Ann Bradley
14 Sophie and Edward: royals without royalty Brendan O'Neill
15 A sense of proportion about Jill Dando Anthony O'Hear
17 Taboos: Smacking parents James Heartfield
18 LM Mail
Culture Wars
20 A traditional modernist Charles Rosen talks to Mark Ryan
22 Are we allowed to be unhappy? Antony Easthope
24 Kosovo: the LM debate
26 NATO in denial? Mick Hume
27 Spinning the war Tim Gopsill
28 Sanctions in Iraq: the human cost Felicity Arbuthnot
28 Bombshell hits Dundee Dolan Cummings
30 Right off Bruno Waterfield
32 Depressed capitalists Phil Mullan
34 Fundamental fears Marie Hodge, John Hamilton and James Malone
36 Culture Vultures James Heartfield
37 Signs of the times
38 The left in love with disaster Doug Henwood
39 An Englishwoman in Washington: The American nightmare Helen Searls
40 Bedside manners Dr Thurstan Brewin
40 Nursing doctors Liz Frayn
41 Second Opinion: The problem of racist patients Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
42 LM Classified
43 Reading between the lines The stories of Rwanda and the great panjandrum of Bosnia