maintenance free

Gazebos Summerhouses

Allow the grace and beauty of the maintenance free Trimstyle Decor Summerhouse and Gazebo range to transform your garden into a place to relax with family and friends...

n Epoxy coated

aluminum frame. n Toughened tinted

safety glass. n Roof is slate effect

fibreglass. n PVC decorative panels. n Clean with a hose pipe

and soapy water.

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cover story 32 A bad year in the City

Finance special feature: chris hughes on a year in the markets, Financial Services Authority chairman Adair Turner interviewed, plus felix salmon on the media

regulars 8 Prospect recommends The pick of the month’s events. 12 Diary Why Dan Brown doesn’t exist, plus

brian eno on good behaviour, nigel warburton on bad weather & stephen nickell on child labour 16 Letters

opinions 18 Zac on track The rise of green Tory Zac

Goldsmith. james crabtree 19 Fewer jobless

Why unemployment isn’t higher. tim leunig 20 Obama’s stumble The right-wing fury over health

reform. faisal islam 21 The West Bank shapes up

Good news from Palestine. john deverell 22 Whining parents Schools are demanding too much

from parents. simon crompton 23 Justice for whom? Pol Pot’s men are being tried, but Cambodians don’t know. nic dunlop

correspondents 25 Washington watch The Republicans rally. renegade 26 Brussels diary

Nato’s new boss. manneken pis 27 China café My neighbours hate me. mark kitto

columnIStS 7 If I ruled the world

Down with audience participation. edward docx 10 Political notes The Tories and social mobility.

features 42 The age of enhancement

anne mcelvoy 68 Lab report

Drugs that erase memories or aid sexual fidelity may soon exist. Should we take them? david edmonds 46 Cracking on in Helmand

What’s that on Jupiter? philip ball 69 Matters of taste The fruit of Eden. alex renton 88 Dear Wilhemina I can’t stand my partner’s children.

Where we went wrong in Afghanistan. stephen grey 52 Hey, big spenders The economic downturn is the

perfect opportunity to transcend consumerism. amitai etzioni 55 Living with Henry The real Henry Kissinger.

alistair horne

memoir 58 Haunted

Will you help me get rid of a ghost? kamran nazeerscience & technology 64 Hello sunshine Can solar energy power the world?

and finally 85 Enigmas & puzzles ian stewart 85 Coming up & online 86 The generalist didymus 87 The Prospect listinterview28 Nick Hornby The godfather of lad lit shows his feminine side. paul broks

arts & books 71 Much ado about money The credit crunch is bringing out the

best in theatre. michael coveney 72 Last gasp for global Islam The religion’s worldwide revival is a

hollow shell. robin yassin-kassab 74 Cultural notebook The art of the nappy. sam leith 75 The evolution of genius

What did Lincoln and Darwin have in common? gillian beer 76 Almost a British Balzac Sebastian Faulks’s very British

dystopia. julian evans 77 Private view

A model exhibition. ben lewis 78 Smallscreen The big channels turn to crime.

peter bazalgette 80 Catch a burning star

Dermot and Mary. danny kruger 80 The summer of 1939 Three diary extracts. ian irvine 81 Widescreen Taking cinema on the road.

mark cousins

jeremy leggett 65 Getting personal The costs and benefits of knowing

your genes. mark henderson 67 On the box Television is coming to your Xbox.

tom chatfield

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