Volume 118 Issue 1 Spring 2003

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Nuclear Threat: Mark Steel wonders whether we should be worried about the Womens Institute
In the Cross Fire: Tom Baldwin on bishops and the war
Count me out: Laurie Taylor gets ready to resign (again)
Preying Together: Editorial by Jim Herrick
You're in Denial: Michael Rosen on saying No
Another Pint of Claret: Simon Hoggart wonders whether the House is dumbing down

Have you the means?: Julian Baggini finally explains rationalism
Revealing is Healing: Her mother, Ruth First, was assassinated by a parcel bomb sent by the South African security forces. Her father, Joe Slovo, helped create the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. And the commission let her mothers assassin go free. Gillian Slovo confronts the contradictions.
Hail Mary!: Sally Feldman on making your children worship you
Above all Liberties: Brian Winston condemns plans for a new quango to regulate the media
Gilt Money: Paul Barker watches St Petersburg go backwards
Leggo Relijan: Laurie Taylor interviews Linton Kwesi Johnson: Linton Kwesi Johnson is one of only two living poets to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. Laurie Taylor talks to him about reggae and resistance.
Gun Law: No need to panic over Gangsta Rap, says Andrew Calcutt
The People in Gravest Danger: No one might suffer more from a war in Iraq than the Kurds, warns Noam Chomsky
Shanghai's Revenge: Frank Jordans discovers a city leaping forward

Easy does it: A slow tale reviewed by Alan Brownjohn
Bring on the Clones: Freethoughts reviewed by Joan Harris
Frying Tonight: Food history reviewed by Shirley Dent
Defying the Gods: Salman Rushide's latest short stories reviewed by Bonnie Greer
Brief Encounter: A compendium of political journalism reviewed by Hazhir Teimourian
Cheap Shots: Andrew Tudor wants morality with his violence
Evolution by Jerks: Stephen Jay Gould's last work reviewed by Jonathan Rée
Saving the World: Jeremy Stangroom on Nicholas Mosley's invention of God
Dangerous Virus: Richard Dawkins collected writing reviewed by Mark Pagel
No Apologia: David Hall reviews Ibn Warraq's analysis of the Koran