COVER STORY In th e a fterm a th o f America’s te r ro r Anatol Lieven on the US need to find Muslim allies, and a new Israel policy, in its storm of strategic, anxiety. PAGE 16

Murray Sayle relives the day when made-for-television terrorism was horn. PAGE 44

PORTRAIT 46 The Mona Lisa DONALD SASSOON M o n a L isa d e s tro y s th e id ea th a t a r t in th e age o f m echanical re p ro d u c t io n has lo s t its aura. T h e m o re v e rs io n s o f h e r we see, th e m o re we w a n t th e o rig in a l.

ARTS & BOOKS 60 Sebald’s fog MICHAEL HOFMANN W i th h is G o th ic m e a n d e r in g s and lim p m im ic ry o f Kafka, th is unlikely d a r l in g o f h ig h E u ro p ean s ty le is m e re ly lo s t in a p e cu l ia r E n g l ish cul-de-sac.

61 Manchester blues HOWARD DAVIES H ow can a M an c h e s te r C i ty s u p p o r te r com e to te rm s w i th th e g lo bal b ra n d th a t is M an c h e s te r U n ite d ?

4 letters news & curiosities p lu s site seeing letter from new york BEN CHEEVER T h e ev en in g w a r

52 the list

REGULARS

53 the lab OLIVER MORTON S c ie n t is ts a ll w a n t an ’om c o f th e i r own

59 widescreen MARK COUSINS D o in g th e a c c o u n ts fo r ■British c in em a

69 classified

70 crossword DIDYMUS

71 brussels diary MANNEKEN PIS J o sp in ’s m a te T r o t s k y

72 previous convictions MALIKA BROWNE I w ill n e v e r a p p e a r on te le v is io n again

63 What is a liberal society? OLIVER LETWIN D oes a lib e ra l society re q u ire a n y th in g m o re from its c itiz ens th a n re sp ec t for th e law— like com m on m o ra lity ?

64 The not so noble savage SAMUEL BRITTAN A n in d is c r im in a te a tta ck on th e cu l t o f th e p r im itiv e is redeem ed by a h e a l th y d is re sp e c t for Isaiah B erlin and som e h andy in fo rm a tio n .

66 Choices RICHARD FALCONER & OTHERS Subversive com ic s on film and o p e ra ’s Irish o rig in a ls . P lu s a r t , dance, th e a tre .

68 Salvaging Ezra Pound ROBERT CHANDLER I t is to o easy to a tta ck th is m o t iv a to r o f m o d e rn is t poets. I le u n d e r s to o d his ow n ru in b e t te r th an h is critics.

SPECIAL REPORT Dick T averne searches for science behind the organic fraud

Organic farming is the one bright spot in an otherwise bleak agricultural landscape. But we are duped by the claims made for the product itself.

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