Issue 125, November 1999
Ever hit your dog? If so, you could find yourself being investigated on suspicion of child abuse and domestic violence. Brendan O'Neill reports
Timandra Harkness on why the sparks have stopped flying at the famous Lewes bonfire
The weasel language of the new cultural elite is anti-egalitarian, contemptuous and manipulative, says Mark Ryan
Claire Fox discussed the dangers of a Scottish cultural policy with novelist AL Kennedy, playwright David Greig and poet Don Patterson
Jennie Bristow wonders why making a long-term commitment seems so hard to do
4 Mick Hume: One party state? Don't talk libertarian nonsense
6 LM Online
6 Signs of the times
8 RSPCA: wolf in sheep's clothing Brendan O'Neill
10 Taboos: Abortion is a fact of life Ann Furedi
12 Republicans shun the A-word David Nolan
13 Mama, we're all guilty now Patrick West
15 Lewes bonfire: safe but sorry Timandra Harkness
Culture Wars
16 'Cultural democracy' my eye Mark Ryan
18 'What is so Scottish about that?' Claire Fox
19 Cool Caledonia Chris Gilligan
20 Through Irish eyes Sandy Starr
21 The compelling horror of anti-panto Sandra Lawrence
22 LM Mail
23 Opinion: Hot under the collar Ann Bradley
24 Married strife Jennie Bristow
27 PACS Franca Agnès Eden
28 No sex addiction please, we're British Tessa Mayes
30 Preaching to papa Sara Hinchliffe
31 Training in distrust Tiffany Jenkins
32 Who's new in Labour? James Heartfield
35 An Englishwoman in Washington: Politicians without politics Helen Searls
36 For Greenpeace, charity ends at home Roger Bate
36 Bringing the millennium down to earth James Firth
38 Gulf War syndrome: scaring our veterans sick Howard Fienberg
39 Painting by morals Alex Cameron
40 Rock off about climbing Sheona York
41 Second Opinion: Sex in the surgery Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
42 History lessons Professor Chris Wrigley
43 Reading between the lines: Irish heroes ha ha ha, women's poetry, and America's adventures in Somalia