Hollywood in the Surrey Hills

YES - a school with its own Film Academy, a school with a creative difference, a school that’s simply the best for acting, singing, dancing and film making. “A utopia for creative minds” as the Good Schools Guide says.

AND crucially, this exciting school is equally successful academically, the best co-education boarding school in the country for the last six years.

SO if you are looking for a really rewarding change of school at 16, a creative experience and academic excellence then follow the yellow brick road, tap dance down Sunset Boulevard… or simply go and check out the website.

Please contact: Cosmo Jackson T: 01483 279000 E: info@hurtwood.net www.hurtwoodhouse.com Contents

May 2011

In Prospect 7 If I ruled the world

Let’s scrap rulers. niall ferguson 8 Recommends 10 Diary

Opinions

Features

12 The revolution unravels

Libya’s rebels are failing. anthony loyd 13 Britain is clever but stuck

Don’t forget high achievement. alison wolf 14 Flat, and falling

Will your children earn less than you do? gavin kelly & james plunkett 16 Tough love

The honest book review. leo benedictus 17 Sobering up

We are not a nation of binge-drinkers. jamie bartlett 18 Specious odyssey

Who cares about the office chair? rachel aspden

20 Letters plus stephen collins’s cartoon strip.

The World 22 The month ahead 22 France Glory days. tim king 23 Washington DC Barack and a hard place.

michael goldfarb 24 China The bread vans are here. mark kitto 25 Jamaica Kingston’s Troubles. jonathan green

26 Coalition: one year on Coalition Britain stryker mcguire Can the Lib Dems survive the coalition?

peter kellner, and charles kennedy Too far too fast?

janan ganesh, anatole kaletsky, catriona chatfield 34 Lot 800:

The Bainbridge Vase Sold for £43m. sam knight

43 Shifting sands

Qatar is playing a dangerous game. sam mendelson

48 Good time party

Counting ants in the Amazon. edward docx 53 Investment report: summer of risk The cure has worked. gavyn davies Nowhere to hide adam posen, andrew balls,

guan jianzhong, henry kaufman For my money… dylan grice, diana choyleva,

deanne julius, jonathan ruffer, jon moulton, diane coyle Personal investor andy davis, max hastings,

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