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MUSIC / The other rite of spring: As Persephone comes to the Proms, Bayan Northcott reassesses Stravinsky's fraught collaboration with Gide00:02
Racing: Sabrehill switched to higher ground: Sparkling work persuades Cecil to hold an aspiring colt in reserve for more prestigious contest00:02
Tyson loses rape sentence appeal00:02
Food and Drink: Sage advice and secrets of perfect pork00:02
Auctions00:02
Climbers 'unlucky'00:02
Sailing: Ragamuffin looks strong for Australia00:02
Departures: Channel figures00:02
Russia keeps up the war with inflation00:02
Pensioner loses case over Hoover free flights offer00:02
New life for Germany's Jews: Adrian Bridge reports from Berlin on a community's joy as it opens a00:02
Food and Drink: Proof of the peach is in the pudding: Plump, perfumed peaches are superabundant right now, so make the most of this voluptuous fruit00:02
Motoring (Road Test): A lot more hum than rumble - The diesel success story continues, thanks to cars as sophisticated as Citroen's Xantia. But power and economy don't always mix00:02
'Brothel' raided00:02
Football: Portsmouth recruit Chapman to replace Whittingham00:02
Gastropod00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Malice in marble halls: 'Eyes' - Maggie Hemingway: Sinclair-Stevenson, 14.9900:02
Sporting digest: Rugby League00:02
Richard: once, twice, three times a leaver00:02
Biscuit maker to raise 925,000 pounds with cash call00:02
Kurd confusion00:02
Malaysia denies passport to 'anti-logging' poet: Cecil Rajendra puts verse to work in his radical criticism of environmental destruction, writes Raymond Whitaker00:02
Drink-drive case00:02
Gardening: Floyd and me and a load of old cobras00:02
Cricket: Ratcliffe digs in to steady Warwickshire00:02
Car loans come at 16.5% APR00:02
Company collapses ease but more manufacturers fail00:02
Strangers home in for the holidays: Neasa MacErlean looks at the growth of a new army to combat burglaries00:02
Food and Drink: Art by Hockney, soda by Silver: Emily Green found herself sandwiched between modern art and high fashion at a converted mill in Yorkshire00:02
'No alternative' to single EC currency00:02
Cost of fixing it00:02
Football: Robson's likely farewell to Wembley: Phil Shaw looks forward to today's FA Charity Shield00:02
Obituary: Bob Cooper00:02
Drink: Wine choice00:02
Golf: Woosnam regaining his touch: Welshman in driving seat at the BMW Open in Munich00:02
Profile: The Lady is for learning: Baroness Blatch, definitely head girl material00:02
Good advice or poor: the luck of the draw00:02
Gas death council is fined 25,000 pounds: 'Disastrous programme' of work led to incorrect installation of 800 heaters and escape of poisonous fumes, court told00:02
Divorced borrowers meet discrimination: Money Grouse00:02
'No easy way out of the conflict': Lord Owen says that use of military force is not the solution to a war with no clear distinction between aggressor and victim00:02
Cricket: Putting the case for Lord Ted00:02
Stag hunt to continue despite ban00:02
Last exit from Doncaster: The pits have gone, and so have the jobs. What's left for the town's youth? Jim White talks to the defeated and the determined00:02
Appointments00:02
Travel: Hills alive with the sound of cow bells00:02
Members to fight Leeds merger plan: Maria Scott reports that some of the building societies' customers fear the loss of convenient local branches00:02
Sporting digest: Equestrianism00:02
Policeman seeks to 'discredit' solicitor00:02
Departures: After the blast00:02
Train terror starts again in S Africa: After 12-month lull, gunmen kill five commuters in early-morning attack00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A cool head among the desperadoes: 'Turmoil and Triumph' - George P Shultz: Scribner's, 25.9500:02
Sporting digest: Boxing00:02
Artistic licence on tax00:02
Palace reveals selected secrets: Nation's most prestigious tourist attraction shows a surprising line in red carpets and electric fires00:02
Departures: Siberian train00:02
UK and French shares hit record on rate-cut hopes: Bank of France waiting for two-way market in franc so any reduction will not cause currency to plunge00:02
Court Circular00:02
Mortgage pay-off lump sums rise00:02
Rallying: McRae stays on the pace00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Fixed rates heading for record low00:02
Discount for over-fifties00:02
Homesitters - housesitting00:02
Letter: How to put loads on the right track00:02
Balmoral gives 8.5%00:02
Wave boy inquest00:02
Award-winning design makes light work for jazz veteran and friend00:02
40 rebels killed00:02
Cash machine agreement00:02
Country Matters: Green shoots on Glorious Twelfth00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The Women of South Africa: Little, Brown, 14.9500:02
Travel: Take a deep breath and say Ah]: Swiss air is just what the doctor ordered. Charles Moseley explores the paths around Zermatt00:02
Appointments: Church appointments00:02
Thorn-GEC talks fail: End of discussions puts military interests back on market00:02
Property: Cracks in the housing market: Differences of professional opinion on subsidence can leave people trapped in houses they wish to sell, says David Lawson00:02
Bangladesh gift00:02
Bunzl to buy GKN division: Packaging company to raise pounds 17m for purchase of catering firm00:02
FILM / At long last, the look of love is back: Thomas Sutcliffe watches Architecture of the Imagination and finds steps in the wrong direction00:02
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me . . .: Heart Searching: Ill or disabled people are looking for partners too, says Lynne Curry00:02
Departures: City trips trend00:02
M-way robbers00:02
Football: Fear of drop in time of upheaval: David McKinney looks at the prospects for the new season in Scotland00:02
Letter: Catalogue of cruelty00:02
Deadline closes in for BT3 PEPs00:02
Display of body-belt is vetoed: Commissioner warned inquiry into deportee's death could be prejudiced00:02
Pharmacists protests00:02
Casino group takes over TV-am: Crockfords deal seen as way to avoid liquidation00:02
Nasty divorces seem to run in the family00:02
Actor prepares to face new audience with first one-man show of paintings, drawings and sculptures00:02
Twelfth Man: Sumo II: Return of Merv00:02
Sailing: Watching the best is proving no easy matter: Hugh Bateson finds it lonely viewing at Cowes despite some spectacular exhibitions of sailing00:02
Call rejected00:02
Cricket: Ward's stand keeps Kent in the chase00:02
Sporting digest: Rugby Union00:02
Bouncy way with cheques00:02
MUSIC / Clowns among classics: Julian Rushton at the Harrogate Festival's Philip Wilby premiere00:02
Obituary: Henri Pharoun00:02
Obituary: Professor W. W. Robson00:02
Letter: Who is Britain to lecture others about human rights?00:02
Letter: Catalogue of cruelty00:02
Cricket: Oddball bounces back to Lord's: The all-round skills of John Carr have played a central role in the march of Middlesex. Rob Steen reports00:02
Fund entry to cost less00:02
Travel: Dover tip00:02
Squash: England seek play-off solace00:02
Athletics: Norman's power cut in job-share scheme00:02
Style: The fastest, loosest, hottest, coolest strip in town: Eating, drinking, strutting, posing or gawping in wide-eyed wonder. Midnight on Old Compton Street, and all human life is here00:02
'Call me madam' is Hollywood hit00:02
Double Play: Dreaming about the fires of youth: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on brilliant Brahms and retiring Rachmaninov00:02
Food and Drink: From toffee apples to a bass-baritone: What does it take to make good beer great? Michael Jackson on that Extra something00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Appeals: The Johnstone Mausoleum00:02
Irish blast wrecks Hickson factory00:02
Cricket: Atherton's armoury limited00:02
Leading Articles: Families change; so must attitudes00:02
Youth job prospects 'set to worsen'00:02
Nato unclear on plans for attack00:02
Up to 1 million pounds stolen in armed raid00:02
TELEVISION / Ups and downs of life: Thomas Sutcliffe watches Architecture of the Imagination and finds steps in the wrong direction00:02
Appeals: Share Music00:02
Ex-PM faces trial00:02
Tough talk from US on air strikes00:02
Watchdog bans three brokers: Employing firms 'have learnt from the experience and tightened their controls'00:02
Senate set for close vote on deficit bill: Defeat of plan to trim the budget despite Democrat majority would deal a body blow to Clinton00:02
Tearstains on life's envelope: William Donaldson's Week00:02
Departures: Beirut hotel00:02
Train strike00:02
Nervous traders push gold down further00:02
Rowing: Britain four-strong in finals00:02
Appointments: Service appointments00:02
A hotline for savers00:02
Letter: Who is Britain to lecture others about human rights?00:02
Upbeat00:02
Valley folk divided over 'farm for tourists': Writers seeking rural tranquility are embroiled in a clash with their neighbours, writes Peter Dunn00:02
French court cuts Virgin's fines for Sunday trading: Branson considers closing doors pending negotiations00:02
Attempted gassing00:02
Population increase00:02
Eastman Kodak's chief is ousted00:02
Swimming: Gillingham defies rival and history for victory: Swimming: Briton maintains his discipline to come from behind and secure record third European Championship gold medal in the men's 200m breaststroke00:02
Endowment sale hints00:02
THEATRE / The lore of the crowd: Paul Taylor reviews Julius Caesar at the Other Place, Stratford00:02
Travel: Write your way around the world: If you can capture in 500 words your impressions of a great city, you could win a long-haul air ticket and pounds 500 to spend00:02
Georgia force00:02
Blaze out00:02
Cautions for young are likely to remain: Youth crime policy 'limits reoffending'00:02
Hizbollah resumes shelling of the south: Lebanese PM says Shia militia will not be disarmed until Israel leaves Lebanon00:02
Motoring: Now is the time to drive a hard bargain: August is a good month for saving money on second-hand cars00:02
Obituary: Professor W. W. Robson00:02
Cricket: England bloodied by Waugh on two fronts: Fifth Test: Tourists' twins peak to oversee some much-needed restoration work after spinners cause alarm in the upper order00:02
UN army chief has doubts on air strikes00:02
10m pounds of ecstasy seized in raid00:02
MUSIC / Leading from the front: The accompanist Roger Vignoles finds that conducting offers a different view of the music. Antony Peattie reports00:02
Buyers sweep up Nadir's treasures00:02
Ore inspiring stuff from the smiths: Want a wine rack fit for Dracula, or just a sign for the Gents? Jonathan Glancey visits a forge where the prices start at pounds 200:02
August offer to investors00:02
Gardening: The colour purple comes to the Great Autumn Show: Anna Pavord invites readers to join us at a private view of the RHS's premier autumn event, and notes the best-dressed gardens are wearing mauve00:02
Quotes of the week00:02
Travel: To Gozo, with Homer and Suleiman: Geoffrey Mayhew hopped on a British Leyland bus and took a tour round Malta's tiny neighbour00:02
Birthdays00:02
Travel: Mixing it with other families00:02
Warburg Pincus takes stake in Amber00:02
Departures: Celtic festival00:02
Castro's high tea in Bolivia00:02
Obituary: William T. Rawlinson00:02
Market Report: Recovery hopes boost indices to record levels00:02
Faith and Reason: Christian love but no procreation: This week we start a new series, exploring Christian answers to the question Why Have Sex? The first writer is Diarmaid MacCulloch, who lectures in church history at Bristol.00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Cricket: Fordham's patience provides the polish00:02
Georgian building saved by 1 million pounds00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Saving Sarajevo: 'The start of your end also'00:02
Paris Post War00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Letter: T Dan, a man with a vision of the North00:02
Banks get little credit from watchdogs00:02
Wave boy inquest00:02
Private investors are wooed to mercurial gold: Experts tell Neasa MacErlean why the precious metal is not a safe bet00:02
Wily aristocrat finally achieves his ambition: Japan's new PM has coveted the job since entering politics in 1971, Terry McCarthy writes from Tokyo00:02
Property: How to make deals stick00:02
Style: Back street chic for the Soho smart set: For original, one-off designs, try the small shops and rooms just off the beaten track00:02
Letter: Keeping mum about the Queen Mother00:02
Letter: How to put loads on the right track00:02
Molester jailed00:02
Letter: Thumbs up for safety00:02
Letter: Who is Britain to lecture others about human rights?00:02
Security van robbed00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
Cricket: Fraser puts Middlesex in control00:02
Three soldiers die in West Bank attacks00:02
View From City Road: Short memories00:02
Taxi driver dies during inspection00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Life below the salt: 'The Descent of Manners ' - Andrew St George: Chatto & Windus, 20 pounds00:02
Police name missing man after girls tell of rape00:02
Israeli gamble comes off in Lebanon: Bombing Hizbollah has not upset the peace talks, writes Charles Richards00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Taking the linguistic turn: 'Origins of Analytical Philosophy' - Michael Dummett; Duckworth, 25 pounds00:02
The week in review: Sport00:02
A loan rate that won't budge: With controls on lending under review, Maria Scott highlights one problem00:02
Motor Racing: Making sense of Mansell rumours in the silly season: Newman-Haas team keen for British driver to remain in IndyCars00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Wild rover in a bar: 'Taking Scarlet as a Real Colour' - Evelyn Conlon: Blackstaff Press, 6.9900:02
Turner holds merger talks00:02
View From City Road: Japan-bashing slips quietly out of fashion00:02
Travel: To hell and back with the T-shirt to prove it00:02
Virus suspected of killing thousands of garden frogs00:02
School leavers 'face jobs squeeze'00:02
Travel: Boris, booze and Beatlemania on the Ukrainian border00:02
Belgian anger at US mourners00:02
Bitten by the Nipper bug: John Windsor looks at the enduring appeal of the HMV dog00:02
Letter: Catalogue of cruelty00:02
Recipe: Real cool summer soup00:02
Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Departures: Smart phonecard00:02
Danger forces peace convoy to turn back00:02
Wills00:02
Unita bombed00:02
Letter: 'Dirtiest fuel' adds insult to injured land00:02
Travel: A mean time in Greenwich00:02
American Football: Johnson's approach gives food for thought: Annual NFL visit sees Cowboys looking into Lions' mouth00:02
Investors' compensation soars to pounds 18.6m00:02
Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
'Pink Panther gang' jailed for four years: Court told of 'beautifully executed' raid to steal Cartier gold and jewels00:02
Judge pulls stumps on village cricketers00:02
Books / Historic beakers full of the warm south: The Mediterranean: Tony Peake reflects on the continuing allure of a tideless, eternal sea00:02
Today's number: 500:02
Letter: T Dan, a man with a vision of the North00:02
Babangida fails to silence the press00:02
UN throws a lifeline to Sarajevo: Plan to prevent mass starvation depends on Serb and Croat goodwill