Issue 127, February 2000
Despite all the hype about IT and e-commerce, says Phil Mullan, a shortage of investment and ambition risks wasting the real opportunities provided by new technology
Helene Guldberg, co-defendant in ITN's libel action against LM, examines the iniquities of English libel law
Government proposals to provide teenage boys with 'cultural mentors' are juvenile, argues Mark Ryan
In New Britain, we are not citizens, but clients, says Michael Fitzpatrick
Cathy Young, author of Ceasefire, a fresh challenge to American feminism, talked to Jan Macvarish about why the personal should be anything but political
Battered lives and media hits
Tiffany Jenkins and Tessa Mayes investigate the new fascination with domestic violence
4 Mick Hume Exploiting the Holocaust
6 LM Online
6 Signs of the times
8 Tony Blair's therapeutic state Michael Fitzpatrick
10 Registering rape Helen Reece
11 Returning fire Cathy Young talks to Jan Macvarish
12 Domestic violence: battered lives Tiffany Jenkins
12 Media hits Tessa Mayes
14 Opinion: Sexual chemistry Ann Bradley
16 Free speech on trial Helene Guldberg
18 An Englishwoman in Washington: The Insider story Helen Searls
20 Taboos: PGD - diagnosing the problem Ann Furedi and Frank Furedi
22 Making the ordinary extraordinary Alan Sillitoe talks to Brendan O'Neill
24 New e-conomy: don't blow IT Phil Mullan
28 The size of debt relief John Pender
29 Seattle: the politics of Waaah! Jennie Bristow
30 LM Mail
Culture Wars
32 Can mentor moms make Kevin cultured? Mark Ryan
34 Reading the future Tim Parks
35 Hollywood's fringe benefits Sandy Starr
36 Playing with the Elgin Marbles Michael Daley
37 Second Opinion: Dr Pqtel and Dr Smith Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
38 Mad cows and Englishmen Julian Morris
39 Citizenship education: learning to vote by rote Kevin Rooney
40 Classics were all Greek to me Andrew Calcutt
41 Tongue-tied Dolan Cummings
42 Surveillance: welcome to the panopticon Patrick West
43 Reading between the lines: The limits of 'World English', the character building debate, and the edge of reason