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Inside our July issue:
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Mandy in the middle
Edward DocxPeter Mandelson is suddenly the most powerful man in the country. Why did he decide to save Gordon Brown? And was he really old Labour all along?
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Digital license
John Lloyd The BBC is the world’s largest broadcaster, with a long list of sins. But now that its licence fee is being raided and its output attacked, we must defend this powerful, plural national institution.
PLUS an exclusive interview with BBC director-general Mark Thompson, in which he forsees the internet becoming the leading BBC distribution outlet, talks about how a Conservative government would affect the BBC, and defends it against accusations of liberal bias.
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Freud in the slips Edward MarriottBoth test cricket and psychoanalysis are out of tune with a world that demands quick results. That’s our loss, argues former England cricket captain Mike Brearley, now Britain’s leading psychoanalyst
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Room for thought
Monica AliResearching my novel in five different London hotels made me appreciate why they are such a rich source of stories and characters for writers
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Why don’t you Baidu it?
Tom ChatfieldChina’s top search engine gives us a glimpse of Google’s limitations —and of the future of the internet
Sexual politics
Elizabeth PisaniSex workers have persuaded MPs not to criminalise their clients. It’s about time they had their say
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Cursed by comfort
Kamran NazeerAmerican authors enjoy the world’s best supported literary culture. But the latest generation seems hobbled by ease and self-congratulation
How to cut £90bn a year
David HalpernThe next government will have to slash spending and raise taxes. But what’s the best way to save?
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Cameron’s big moment
Ed Howker The expenses row saw Cameron at his most Blair-like. He now has the party firmly under his spell
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A dish best served boiling hot
Mark CousinsThe great theme of cinema at the moment is vengeance. And our appetite for punishment seems to be getting more ferocious
Aiding and abettingash SmythZambian economist Dambisa Moyo interviewed about why development is simple, good governance comes second to financial stability, and the credit crunch may be good for Africans
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A moral renewalMG zimetaPunishing our bankers and politicians won't deter them from wrongdoing; they'll just find new ways of acting as they please. Instead, they must be rehabilitated
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