Issue 128, March 2000
Despite its toughest month in a thousand days, the striking thing about Blair's government is the level of consensus it has managed to achieve, explains Jennie Bristow
Lack of money is the least of the health service's problems under New Labour, argues Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Dr Jennifer Cunningham diagnoses the problem with fashionable new 'cures' for autism
Brendan O'Neill would rather be banged up than screwed up by jail therapy
Professor Carl Djerassi, inventor of the contraceptive pill, tells Ellie Lee the story of its controversial history
4 Mick Hume Setting the record straight
6 LM Online
6 Signs of the times
8 NHS in traction Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
10 Autism cures: communication breakdown Dr Jennifer Cunningham
12 Abuse of trust Frank Furedi
14 Prisons of the mind Brendan O'Neill
14 Wot no fear? Kenneth McLaughlin
16 Pill-oried Carl Djerassi talks to Ellie Lee
17 Embryonic developments Juliet Tizzard
18 Genetic engineering: a cautionary tale John Gillott
20 LM Mail
21 Opinion: AIDS - an epidemic of complacency? Ann Bradley
22 Britishness buried alive Andrew Calcutt
22 Geed up over Ali G Ed Barrett
24 Blairing out? Jennie Bristow
26 Inside the Dome Penny Lewis
28 Anti-harassment codes: too close for comfort Sara Hinchliffe
28 Love on the job? Tessa Mayes
30 An Englishwoman in Washington: Government plots Helen Searls
32 Working mums: all or nothing? Ann Furedi
34 Sex education: lessons in life Stuart Waiton
35 Second Opinion: The dangers of deference Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
36 'It has worked at a price' Margaret Forster talks to Jennie Bristow
Culture Wars
38 Painting by politics Mark Ryan
38 Shooting straight Michael Walter
39 Dung ho Aidan Campbell
40 Past tense: the Elgin Marbles Ian Walker
40 Veiled truths Claire Fox
41 Imposing cultural white space Mike Small
42 Vetting the net Chris Evans
43 Reading between the lines: What makes a good children's book - or a principled football manager?