COVER
The Quest For Cool (Cover | What's Next?)
Predicting the future is hard work: it takes dedication, cultural insight and a good idea of what "cool" actually means
Will We Be Safer? (What's Next? | Terror)
Expect bold innovations to cope with terrorism
Built to Serve (What Next? | Design)
Designs for living, shopping, and travel
EUROPE
European Disunion (Europe | Diplomacy)
Tony Blair's summit meeting with Gerhard Schröder and Jacques Chirac shows Europe is as divided as ever. But that's not all bad ...
The Swedes Say Goodbye (Europe | The Anna Lindh Murder)
"We're going to have a tough future without her"
On the March Again? (Europe | Neo-Nazis)
A plot to bomb the site of a new synagogue raises fears that German neo-Nazis are turning to terror
The Strong Arm of The Law (Europe | Ireland)
A report on the Irish police and prison service suggests a culture of cruelty
BUSINESS
Bouncing Ball? (Business | Media)
Is Rupert Murdoch moving out BSkyB chief Tony Ball to install a son?
GLOBAL AGENDA
In Defense of France (Global Agenda | France)
Why is America mad at France again? Because it's behaving just like the U.S.
BOOKS
Ministry of Silly Books
Monty Python's new autobiography misses the last laugh
BRIEFING
A Lame Duck in Rome? (Notebook | Pope John Paul II)
Fears grow after the ailing pontiff's trip to Slovakia
Biz Watch (Notebook)
Libyan Aid Pipeline; Staving off the Receivers;
Sports Watch (Notebook)
Nothing Like Team Spirit; Jockeying for Phone Time
World Watch (Notebook)
Kashmir Quagmire; The Trial Of Bureaucracy; Bad Omen For Blair