Leaders
Labour’s stumbles
Britain’s Labour government has had a wobbly month. Part of the reason is inexperience. But part arises from philosophical confusion
Khatami’s Iran
Does the exchange of courtesies between Iran and America spell the end of estrangement? Only if the outside world continues to help Mr Khatami
Persecuting Bill
It is a close call, but America’s trustbusters are right to worry about Microsoft’s attempts to tighten its grip on the personal computer
Letters
Europe
United States
The Americas
International
Christmas Specials
THE DIAMOND BUSINESS
Glass with attitude
BANANAS
Expelled from Eden
GOLFONOMICS
Asia in the rough
FUN WITH FUNGI
Those magical mushrooms
1897 AND 1997
The century the earth stood still
ASK DR TATIANA
Sex is war!
BY INVITATION: FAVOURITE HOTELS
Somewhere special to stay
MODERN ROYALISTS
Monarchs and mountebanks
MISPLACED TREASURES
Unplundering art
AN ENGINEERING MYSTERY
Why pagodas don’t fall down
FUN WITH FUNGI
In the dark
LOST HORIZONS IN RUSSIA
Earth to Kalmykia, come in please
MODERN VERSE
Poetic injustice
FOREIGN POLICY
A three-way world
PLANNED CITIES
Capital punishments
COCA-COLA MAP
Next year, the french-fry index
LAUGHING MATTERS
You think that’s funny?
SEAWORTHINESS
The sea is still master
Business
Finance & economics
Dresdner Bank
Lost leader
Insurance mergers in Europe
Back to the smoke-filled rooms
Asian currencies
