COVER
Europe's Extraordinary Makeover (Cover / Face Facts)
For the women — and men — of all ages looking to shape up, does cosmetic surgery transform their world?
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Surgery (Cover / Viewpoint)
It's time women cut the nonsense, says Kathy Lette
BUSINESS
Balance Of Power (Business / Energy)
Is Brussels losing power in its drive for open energy markets?
VIEWPOINT
The New India, and the Old One
The President was shown the nation's best face, but that's only half the story
THEATER
Stars of the Slammer
Life imitates art imitating life as a production of Chicago goes behind bars
BOOKS
A Night to Remember
Recollections of a star-studded 1922 meal kick off a new biography of the novelist Marcel Proust
BRIEFING
Casualties of a Clan War (Notebook / Kazakhstan)
How rivalries in the Kazakhstan president's inner circle have burst into the open
Four Ways to Improve Your Next $93 Million Heist (Notebook / Britain)
How easy is it to spot the mistakes made by the perpetrators of Britain's biggest-ever cash raid?
The Secrets of Ambition (Notebook / Letters)
LETTER FROM
The French Resistance (Letter From France)
French farmers prepare to do battle against avian flu — and consumer fears
GLOBAL ADVISER
The Big Green Apple (Design Watch)
Norman Foster's Hearst Tower will be New York's most environmentally friendly skyscraper
Reining Men (Dossier)
A 21st century finishing school teaches the guys the art of minding their manners
One Night in ... Paris (Time Traveller)
You have one evening to spend in the City of Light. Three people in the know tell you how to do it right
Bohemia's Bohemia (If You're In ... Prague)
Gritty Zizkov offers art, a thriving music scene and food that sticks to your ribs
Steamed, Then Chilled (Retreat!)
Balancing the senses in Barcelona's Six Senses Spa