All mammals great and small, p16

Where the police wear masks, p36

‘A novelist should not disclose his politics’, p18

THE WEEK

5 Leading article 9 Portrait of the Week 11 Diary Carla Powell 12 Politics Fraser Nelson 13 The Spectator’s Notes 16 Barometer 22 Rod Liddle 26 Mind your language 30 Matthew Parris 38 Letters 40 Ancient and modern 42 Any other business

Martin Vander Weyer

14 Labour resurgent

The next leader has a golden chance James Forsyth 16 The night our house burnt down A classic column from 1989 Murray Sayle 18 Interview with a bestseller Sebastian Faulks on war and Clegg Lloyd Evans 20 Wavingwhile drowning Whereareourflooddefences? Ross Clark 25 Your friend the hookworm The parasite that may also be a cure

MaryWakefield 33 Obama’s segregated nation A journey around two Americas

Harry Mount 36 ‘Are wegoing to die, Dan?’ Touring murder city

Daniel Kalder 40 Dangerous trades On business and risk

James Forsyth

BOOKS & ARTS

Boks 46 Philip Hensher

Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen 49 Christopher Howse Begat, by David Crystal Jamie McKendrick ‘Guilt’: a poem 51 Simon Heffer Romantic Moderns,

by Alexandra Harris 53 Jasper Becker Mao’s Great

Famine, by Frank Dikötter Gary Dexter Alternative Reading 54 Lewis Jones Bob Dylan in

America, by Sean Wilentz 55 David Sexton Thoughtful

Gardening, by Robin Lane Fox 57 John Preston All MenAre Liars,

by Alberto Manguel Beata Duncan ‘Tomas Was Sixteen’: a poem 58 Jason Goodwin Late for Tea at the

Deer Palace, by Tamara Chalabi 61 Bevis Hillier The Buildings of

England: Hampshire

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the spectator | 25 September 2010 | www.spectator.co.uk John Piper and other English romantics, p51

A damp squib in Venice, p64

Cooks with too much sauce, p63

63 Cassandra Jardine The Fry

Chronicles, by Stephen Fry MarkMason Bookends

Arts 64 Venetian bind AnArchitecture Biennale disappointment Amanda Baillieu 66 Exhibitions Raphael: Cartoons and

Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel Andrew Lambirth 68 Cinema The Town

Deborah Ross 69 Apoemfrompagetoscreen Ariane Bankes 70 Theatre Blood and Gifts;

Design for Living Lloyd Evans 71 Dance Alvin Ailey; Les Ballets

Trockadero de Monte Carlo Giannandrea Poesio 73 Opera In the Penal Colony;

Fidelio Michael Tanner 75 Television Simon Hoggart 76 Culture notes Jane O’Hara

LIFE

Life 81 High life Taki Low life Jeremy Clarke 82Real life Melissa Kite 83 Wild life Aidan Hartley Bridge Janet de Botton

An d fin al y . . . 84 Chess Raymond Keene Competition; Crossword 86Status anxiety Toby Young

Dave Michael Heath 87TheWikiMan Rory Sutherland Yourproblemssolved Mary Killen

Contributors imon Heffer (Books, p51) is associate editor of the Daily Telegraph and author, most recently, of Strictly English.

Carla Powell (Diary, p11) is The Spectator’s Vatican correspondent. She is a writer and dog lover.

the spectator | 25 September 2010 | www.spectator.co.uk

Daniel Kalder (‘City of Fear’, p36) has lived in Texas since 2006. Before that, he spent ten years exploring the less visitor-friendly corners of the former Soviet Union. He   was born in Fife.

Things have come to a pretty pass when the Swedes are teaching the Brits about supply-side economics Fraser Nelson, p12

Squirrels he recommends trapping, shooting or running down with a greyhound, and then eating David Sexton, p46

Kurt Cobain, who found success a prison he had to shoot his way out of, would have appreciated this strange and wrathful play Lloyd Evans, p70

Jasper Becker (Books, p52) has written many books   on China, including Hungry   Ghosts: China’s Secret   Famine.

Murray S ayle (‘The night our house burnt down’, p16), a frequent and valued contributor to The Spectator, died last weekend.

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