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Issue: January/February 2010

ONLINE ONLY: Regime Change. Nothing Else
Regime change is the only solution to the 30 year crisis in Iran
Davis Lewin

ONLINE ONLY: Peter Andre? Blame Petrarch
In a Valentine's special, Nichi Hodgson examines the inane lyrical legacy of the Renaissance sonneteer
Nichi Hodgson

ONLINE ONLY: A Green Light for the Opposition
As the anniversary of the Iranian revolution approaches, the opposition movement is gaining momentum 
Claudia Schwartz

ONLINE ONLY: Last Cake With A Russian Agent

As part of his research for this month's Dispatch from Siberia, Ben Judah interviewed Anton Surikov, a member of Russian military intelligence. It was Surikov's last interview for the western media - he died two months later in mysterious circumstances

Ben Judah

Sarah Butterfield
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Your Call is Important to Us
This isn't just any bureaucracy, this is M&S bureaucracy: Miriam Gross was told by the high street giant that she needn't worry about her lost card. That's when she should have started worrying.
Miriam Gross

Just Enquiry
‘Retired civil servants often bite hand that used to feed them, especially when answering questions from one of their own’
Joshua Rozenberg

Party Lines
Daisy Waugh hears why state education is so attractive to smart West Londoners
Daisy Waugh

Mary-Kay Wilmers
The editor-proprietor of the London Review of Books is clear about her prejudices. Not so clear is why the Arts Council should fund her magazine
Daniel Johnson

Nancy Sladek
The editor of the Literary Review deserves praises for giving its writers a free hand — as long as they do not succumb to puffery and hype
Allan Massie

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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