COVER

In God's Hands (Cover: John Paul II 1920-2005)

TIME looks back on John Paul II's remarkable pilgrimage to the papacy

The Successor (Cover: John Paul II 1920-2005)

The senior Catholic clerics who could be Pope

Holy Life (Cover: John Paul II 1920-2005)

How John Paul II's pontificate changed the Church

EUROPE

Whistling In the Dark? (Europe | Britain)

Despite self-inflicted wounds, Britain's Conservative Party is motivating its base. Is that enough to win the forthcoming general election?

Access Denied

Denied access to many services and buildings, disabled activists are fighting for change

BRIEFING

Airwave Supremacy (Notebook | France)

Jacques Chirac is accused of trying improper methods to swing the French vote on Europe's new constitution

GLOBAL ADVISER

Coffee, Tea or Laundry? (Global Adviser | Diversions)

In Copenhagen's fusion cafés, you can find all three — and more

Art's New Frontier (Global Adviser | Diversions)

Battle zone community aims to bring tourists in by the book

Beauty and the Yeast (Global Adviser | Style Watch)

Japan's brewers are finding a surprising new use for sake

The East Is Red Carpeted (Global Adviser | Time Traveler)

Business travellers are offered a fast track to Chinese markets

Diet Bake-Off (Global Adviser | Your Health)

How you lose weight is a matter of personal taste, new research seems to show

ARTS

Coolest Cat Of Them All (Arts | Exhibitions)

Cult cartoonist Robert Crumb brings his weird, wicked world to London