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Gifted child goes to court00:02
Quotes of the week00:02
Exclusive: Split looms over TV money00:02
TELEVISION / Carlton wins the booby prize00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A meeting with the last of the Muggletonians: Witness against the beast: William Blake and the Moral Law - by E P Thompson, Cambridge pounds 17.9500:02
A Critical Guide: For children00:02
Golf: Price in a class of his own00:02
Travel: Athens of the arctic: Helsinki, framed by a sea that freezes in winter, is the realisation of an ideal: Greece reborn, less than 200 years ago. Jonathan Glancey revels in the neo-classical north00:02
York on ads: No 7: Ford00:02
Tenants face eviction without a hearing00:02
A critical Guide: Comedy00:02
Angst: Expert advice on your problems00:02
Electricity firms face a shock to the system00:02
Daily Bread: James Whale: What the television presenter ate one day last week00:02
Real Life: The lonely tale of the reluctant bachelor: Mike Westphal is rich - and available. So he placed an ad. Monique Roffey reports00:02
Cadets honoured after 42 years00:02
Truce in Angola00:02
BR well on track in recording assets: Train-mounted video cameras are being used to create maps of railway infrastructure in the run-up to privatisation00:02
Rugby League: A giant fears the final cut: Dave Hadfield meets a mighty Saint laid low by a chapter of accidents00:02
Cries & Whispers00:02
Real Life: Adultery: don't do it: Isabel Wolff hears the case for faithful wives00:02
A Critical Guide: Theatre00:02
Silent running00:02
Arts: Overheard00:02
A bridge so far over the Seine00:02
LWT sets sights on Yorkshire deal00:02
City: Ladbroke short on luck00:02
Tested by French, scrapped by Swedes00:02
Rugby Union: Andrew makes the difference00:02
The Art of Theatre: 7 Peripeteia: Nicholas Wright's Masterclass:00:02
JAZZ / Ain't misbehavin', just laughing at life: Robert Cushman recalls the genius of Fats Waller, the hard-living jazz giant who died 50 years ago next week00:02
Index00:02
Books for Christmas: Modern classics and old masters: Experts nominate their favourite sporting reads of the year and speak volumes for the offerings of seasons past00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Pots of porn in the Attic: Greek erotica - by Martin F Kilmer, Duckworth pounds 5000:02
Insurance tax hits a wide target: Estimate of an extra pounds 18 a year from consumers ignores impact on many types of common cover00:02
Football: The big E from Uefa00:02
Rear Window: Going Straight: Terror to tea parties: can he do it?00:02
Cricket: Waugh makes New Zealand pay00:02
Cricket: Cork rises to the occasion: England's understudies revel in the experience of playing for the first time in a township like Alex00:02
A critical Guide: Opera00:02
Profile: The big noise in the East: Malaysia's Prime Minister thumbs his nose to get attention, writes Michael Fathers00:02
Taxes could be eased in 199500:02
Racism in Sport: Waiting for the Asian effect: Mark Redding discusses the promising moves to tap a pool of repressed talent00:02
Long Runners: No 9: The Generation Game00:02
Football: Spurs in the grip of genius00:02
THEATRE / Prophet, loss and shapes of things to come00:02
Letter: My violent childhood made me 'hard' enough to murder00:02
Letter: My violent childhood made me 'hard' enough to murder00:02
Books: And so to bed - with a headache: The A-Z of sex? Joan Smith finds the year's 'erotic' books lower the spirits00:02
Flat Earth00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Art Market: A pot of paint in the face of Mao: Idealism died in China with the victims of Tiananmen Square. A bitter new avant-garde now mocks past icons. Geraldine Norman reports00:02
Bunhill: Honour that is beyond price00:02
Economics: Budget that tackles the core problems00:02
What the papers said . . . about English rugby00:02
Thorp report kept secret00:02
Books: Paperbacks00:02
DANCE / Not with a whimper, but a bang00:02
Rugby League: Town have a Hill to climb00:02
Exchange looks into Kleinwort share sale00:02
Q & A: Illingworth's overnight best . . . and Chelsea's pounds 1.1m goals00:02
My Biggest Mistake: Leon Liebman00:02
Cold course in building for homeless Russian troops: Coventry University takes Western know-how to tent city outside Moscow00:02
Sailing: Magnificent Malle finds floundering Italians00:02
The Broader Picture: A hero for black and white00:02
Letter: Police trying to remove racism00:02
Camel law gives racegoers the hump00:02
Greece concedes00:02
Nato plays cagey with the Bear: The West00:02
Football: Sutton right on button00:02
Patten accused00:02
As others see us00:02
Profile: An ear for music and an eye for a monument: Elliott Bernerd: As Chelsfield heads for market, William Kay takes stock of the developer who is building again on his irrepressible properties00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / House-warming for northern lights00:02
The agreeable world of Wallace Arnold: An after-dinner treat for all true chess fans00:02
Rugby union round-up: Swansea pull away from pursuers00:02
Tennis: Stich influence steadies German nerve00:02
A Critical Guide: It takes allsorts to make this 'Nutcracker'00:02
The Veep who became a very VIP: US vice-presidents play second fiddle - but not Al Gore. Foreign policy is Clinton's weak spot - but not Al Gore's00:02
Vatican welcome00:02
UK fund managers remain wary of South Africa00:02
A critical Guide: Theatre00:02
Skating: Witt's wisdom in question00:02
US business school is Barcelona bound: The University of Chicago is taking its MBA credentials to Europe with a part-time course starting next July00:02
PROPERTY / Building on friendship: Communication is vital if you want neighbours to love you, writes Jonathan Sale00:02
Real Life: Call yourself a professional?: Once we respected, even revered, them. Now, Hester Lacey reports, the whole world hates them00:02
Clarke moves more levers and we slither further down the slope00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Another critique of reason: The Magus of the North: J G Hamann and the Origins of Modern Irrationalism by Isaiah Berlin, ed Henry Hardy, John Murray pounds 14.9900:02
Scotland's art belongs to Glasgow00:02
Shuttle crew finds Hubble in poor shape00:02
Disappearing tricks: Caroline Moorehead asks if Amnesty's success in freeing political prisoners has made things worse00:02
Database00:02
Books / In brief00:02
Letter: Lewis has no 'murky' past00:02
The list00:02
Letter: Iraq and Kuwait's land tussle00:02
BOOK REVIEW / In your own write: The language of autobiography by John Sturrock, CUP pounds 3500:02
Serious test for fraud office: Consistently outplayed in the courts, the SFO is losing the confidence, of the public, says Richard Thomson00:02
Bhagwan pair try lie detector00:02
Conran pitches tent at Marquee: Europe's biggest restaurant planned00:02
Sound computing00:02
Comment: A tradition to cherish00:02
Fatwa is a feminist issue in Dhaka00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The sunburnt duck is lying down: A good scent from a strange mountain - by Robert Olen Butler: Minerva pounds 5.9900:02
Millionaire bonuses in City: Goldman Sachs partners and traders set the pace for end of year bonanza00:02
Glass firm puts more fizz into drink: The 'just poured' frothy head on lager lasts longer thanks to a coating technique just developed00:02
Football: Swales 'ready to sell' as Deane catches out City00:02
Real Life: We l-o-v-e you Beatles, oh yes we d-o-o-o: Joseph Gallivan has only just contracted Beatlemania00:02
A critical Guide: Dance00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Awaiting the shock of the new genetics: The engineer in the garden - by Colin Tudge: Cape pounds 17.9900:02
SNP imposes ban00:02
Leading Article: Just look who's crying now00:02
One student wins on Budget: Only two in 2,000 entries predicted all the Chancellor's moves00:02
A critical Guide: Art00:02
'Porky squad' sets out to track Major00:02
City File: Airtours celebrates the bid that flew away00:02
Football: Arsenal go to the Den00:02
Rugby Union: Curtain comes down on Chilcott00:02
Princess revives privacy row00:02
Germans in hover-train spin00:02
Filthy, rich, going to pieces: Much to the surprise of their detractors, Robert Newman and David Baddiel have become the hottest property in British comedy. Unfortunately, they seem to have fallen out in the process00:02
Letter00:02
Personal Finance: Capital trusts offer relief00:02
Sunday, busy Sunday: As MPs vote on a Bill to extend shopping on the sabbath, Jojo Moyes asks what remains of the traditional rest day00:02
Paisley exit gives lie to political truth00:02
ROCK / The Princess and the new queen of pop00:02
Football: Hammers turn the tables00:02
Ferranti recruit00:02
Birthdays:00:02
Letter00:02
Selling through computer games isn't child's play00:02
Football: Quinn weighs in near the limit00:02
Health: Second opinion00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Full of eastern promises: In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent by Timothy Garton Ash, Cape pounds 2500:02
Swimming: Gillingham pick of the British00:02
Gifts sent abroad can escape airmail costs: Flying a present overseas is not a cheap way to spread cheer00:02
A critical Guide: Rock00:02
Kiwis show it isn't all black00:02
A critical Guide: Jazz00:02
Health firm bets cash on quality of service00:02
NFC plans cash call to raise pounds 200m: One-for-six rights issue to allow transport group to repay most of its borrowings00:02
Inside Story: Princess Divided: Celebrity or royalty? Internal confusion rather than external pressure has led to retreat, says Richard Tomlinson00:02
Letter00:02
A Critical Guide: Rock00:02
Football: Johnston lost in mayhem00:02
Burglary victim clocks up insurance victory00:02
Letter00:02
Shock victory in orchestra contest00:02
ROCK / File under formative: Long forgotten, now revered: Ben Thompson meets the Raincoats00:02
Premium rise on the cards00:02
Bond winners00:02
Nato plays cagey with the Bear: The East: Some former Soviet satellites are keen to join the Alliance. But does it want them, and will Russia let them?00:02
Captain Moonlight00:02
Sculpture: Out of the darkness came the light: Anthony Caro was Henry Moore's assistant. But is he also his rival? Two new books suggest we should look again at their relationship00:02
Hobby holidays: For gourmets00:02
How to end the Welfare State: Through media manipulation, ministers prepared voters for what was once unthinkable00:02
Labour axe over child benefit00:02
Football: Lloyd takes his leave00:02
DTI watches Guardian Royal Exchange00:02
Travel: A Worldwide Neo-Classical Tour00:02
Letter00:02
Stations shunned00:02
Letter: HIV findings misrepresented00:02
Books: And so to bed - with a headache: The A-Z of sex? Joan Smith finds the year's 'erotic' books lower the spirits00:02
Books: The Independent on Sunday Bestseller list00:02
Not got a McJob? The advertisers have a slot for you00:02
Football: Hoddle sets up a date with big brother00:02
Political Commentary: Irish peace may rest on the Flashman Principle00:02
The confessions of a temporary Fascist00:02
Public Services Management: Government actuaries develop a global reach: Foreign states are turning for advice to the professionals who monitor our pensions, insurance and social security00:02
Fans protest00:02
Chess00:02
Shopping00:02
BOOK REVIEW / When Irish eyes are revising: Vive moi] by Sean O'Faolain - Sinclair-Stevenson pounds 2000:02
Malaysia reviews Australia links00:02
Letter: BNFL denials aren't credible00:02
Other people's jobs: No 9 The insurance man00:02
Who's going for growth?00:02
Divorced women offered help to buy partners out00:02
Rugby Union: Baa-Baas are fleeced: All Blacks sign off with a flourish as occasional brilliance yields to irresistible force00:02
Rape charge youth00:02
Sport on TV: Overweight, over-the-top and over here00:02
Fishing Lines: Qualities that make the maggot a perfect pet00:02
How we met: Peter Hall and Gerald Scarfe00:02
Bunhill: Caught in the act00:02
IoS writers win awards00:02
Inside view00:02
Rugby Union: All Blacks let down by dark side: Chris Rea finds reasons to be fearful as the tourists take their leave00:02
Today's papers00:02
CINEMA / Is there life after Morticia?: Anjelica Huston is Hollywood's nearly woman. Now 42, with some great performances behind her, she deserves better. David Thomson reports00:02
'Prejudiced' Tories attack probation rules00:02
BOOK REVIEW / All done by trial and error: The Undefeated by George Paloczi-Horvath, Eland pounds 8.9900:02
Boxing: Tubbs triumphs in three-ring circus: Jonathan Rendall sees a former world champion prevail on a bizarre night in Mississippi00:02
Talks falter over Dublin call for vote00:02
Arts: Overheard: Correction00:02
Deaths:00:02
Johnston 'stable'00:02
A Critical Guide: Comedy00:02
How Much Will He Earn?: No 8: John Lewis, Head Master of Eton College from September 1994.00:02
CINEMA / The Hawk that refused to take off00:02
London support service link-up00:02
RADIO / A brave tale of rags and stitches00:02
Food & Drink: The golden goose: For centuries our goose was cooked at Christmas. It is time, says Michael Bateman, to welcome back the fat fowl that once eased coughs and may now be good for hearts00:02
Tried & Tested: Pulling power: A satisfying plop, or a shortcut to a hernia? our panel tries out corkscrews00:02
Letter00:02
A critical Guide: A Critical Guide: For children00:02
Students arrested00:02
Food & Drink: Grapevine: Kathryn McWhirter selects affordable wines for the party season00:02
Records: New Releases00:02
Show People: Discovered once again: Alan Cumming00:02
City: Budget boost for equities to end in tears00:02
Racing: 'Legless' Jodami trails in third00:02
Football: Ruddock has to own up00:02
Volvo share sale00:02
Words00:02
Motoring: Stepping on the gas: Conversion to natural gas engines is accelerating, thanks to a London cabbie. Graham Coster reports00:02
A critical Guide: Dance00:02
Leading Article: Fools' guide to Ireland00:02
Bunhill: Ticket to Kiwi ride00:02
City: Brooke leaves a TV hell00:02
Profile: The dumbfounding blond: Shane Warne00:02
Rugby Union: Scarlet hopes vanish00:02
Football: Kendall quits Goodison00:02
Letter: My violent childhood made me 'hard' enough to murder00:02
Almanack00:02
FA Cup round-up: Green's dream keeps Nuneaton on path00:02
Letter: Police trying to remove racism00:02
Bridge00:02
Fashion: Noble Velvet00:02
Football: Saunders off the boil as Villa hang on00:02
We should share our jobs: By rejecting pay rises, workers could shorten dole queues, says Frank Field00:02
Opinions: Is school uniform a good thing?00:02
Football: Norwich stem the red tide00:02
Euro Disney hopes00:02
Fur is politically correct - for Bosnia00:02
Best and worst: Aftershocks from Japan: Unit trusts00:02
Christmas traffic jams cities00:02
Citizens' army will fight crime00:02
Czech victims of Nazis get no compensation00:02
Hockey: Laird to the manner born00:02
Hope burns brighter than the barricades: 'No going back' on Israel peace00:02
Arts: A stack of Christmas crackers: Panto doesn't rule - OK? Jenny Gilbert chooses her Top 10 shows for kids, with a special offer on every one00:02
Racism in Sport: When respect is the goal: Simon O'Hagan examines the barriers to pride created by prejudice00:02
Travel: Yomping in Yorkshire: A four-day hike across empty moors was rigorous but rewarding for belated 'youth' hosteller Naseem Khan00:02
Letter: Would the honourable member please attend00:02
Fashion: Style Notes00:02
This week00:02
Eating Out: Regional cheer and rich pickings00:02
On Excellence: About turn on integration00:02
Shares: A true blue-chip Budget: Investors have reacted bullishly to the tough line taken on government spending00:02
Real Life: 'I refused to have my breast removed': Cancer survivor Tilly Halliwell is alarmed by last week's report that women may soon be offered preventive mastectomies00:02
CrossRail finance plan runs into opposition00:02
Science: More real than the real thing: Snow on television makes them shiver; taking a shower can plunge them into an imaginary tropical glade. John McCrone on new research into why some women fantasise more vividly than others00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Short and sweet and back in vogue: Maggie Traugott on the cream of the year's short stories, from crime mysteries to fairy tales