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THEATRE / To play the king, Bucharest-style: Richard III - Gardner Arts, Brighton; Henry V - RSC, Stratford; Falling - Greenwich; Darwin's Flood - Bush00:02
FOOD & DRINK / On the Shelf: Tinned anchovies00:02
Shares: Special situations promise like rewards: Two stocks that are little influenced by general stock market trends look ripe for picking00:02
Cricket: Ward's mastery00:02
Briefly: Indonesia whitewash China: Badminton00:02
The HIV tenants nobody wants00:02
Briefly: Mansell secures his place in Indy 500: Motor racing00:02
Bow ties to go in concert shake-up00:02
AFTER SMITH / 1: Labour: How it works00:02
OPERA / In search of new words: How do you put a libretto into English, and not sound absurd? Jenny Gilbert asks the experts00:02
ROCK / Two hours before a master00:02
BOOKS / In the Frame: Jasper Johns by Michael Crichton00:02
Bunhill: Fabled founder of Wal-mart00:02
Lost race fights to regain islands00:02
Almanack: Life's a beach for Barry Town00:02
Equestrianism: Tristar flies clear00:02
PROPERTY / If you could live anywhere: Cristina Odone, Editor of 'The Catholic Herald': Rents a one-bedroom flat in West London00:02
An artful ploy to disarm the dangerous Mandela: Top job in new government keeps Winnie on the leash00:02
How Much Does He Earn?: No 28: Eddie George, Governor of the Bank of England.00:02
Chinese prosperity fuels deadly envy00:02
How to ensure all your bases are covered: New policies are tailored to second homes00:02
Interest rate swaps not for beginners00:02
Prince publishes Pushkin's barbs00:02
Briefly: Straw fuel00:02
Independent / Oxford Economic Forecast: Cautious recovery is set to continue: The economy looks resilient enough to weather the setback of tax increases and maintain its recent steady growth00:02
Author of child sex abuse book is sued00:02
Briefly: Ship rescue00:02
Cricket: Kiwis' state of collapse00:02
City: Trusting times00:02
Letter: Tories lie about council tax00:02
Personal Finance: Trusts need good timing00:02
FOOD & DRINK / Variety is the spice of India: Camellia Panjabi introduces Indian food in all its regional diversity to Michael Bateman and next week she presents her favourite recipes00:02
TRAVEL / The Place Next Door: Burmese daze: At first it seemed as brash as neighbouring Thailand, but a trip down the languid Irrawaddy gave a glimpse of a vanishing Asia. Tim McGirk continues our series00:02
RECORDS / The IoS playlist the five best sounds of the moment00:02
The airport that refuses to take off: 'Frederico's dollars 3bn folly', twice the size of Manhattan, languishes in the grip of a crazed, roller-coaster bag-handling system00:02
Utilities pay the price for diversifying00:02
Celtic syringe00:02
AFTER SMITH / 1: Which one will it be?: Tony Blair has emerged as the media favourite to win the leadership contest, but Labour will resent being 'bounced' into a quick decision.00:02
Folk who live on the edge: The Highland crofter is traditionally a long-suffering victim of historical injustice, economic misfortune and a harsh environment. But is his way of life quite as bad as it's made out to be?00:02
City: Bet Lynch the brewers' darling on bootlegging00:02
Briefly: Fridge control00:02
'Plastic bag' hospital wins green award00:02
BOOKS / Making Hay: The Festival: From next Friday until Monday 30 May, Hay-on-Wye sees a flood of writers and performers. Blake Morrison anatomises the craze for literary festivals: showbiz or academe, camaraderie or adventure?00:02
Inside Rwanda's death camp hell00:02
Rwanda reduced to a ghost land: Soldiers on the barricades are killing thier countrymen like flies . . . but the final assault on Kigali is about to begin00:02
Briefly: Slough lower Hightown's colours: Hockey00:02
BOOKS / The Hay Festival: Wanted: a place to be anonymous: Isabel Hilton and Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes discuss life on the move, fiction, politics and the peace and quiet of London00:02
The resurrection of Il Duce: Mussolini belonged to Italy's unwanted past. For some, it is time to rehabilitate him, says Michael Sheridan00:02
Money watchdog in deadline crisis: Thousands of financial services firms still to clear first hurdle00:02
Bunhill: 'Fast food'00:02
My Biggest Mistake: Michael Smart00:02
Cardin can't go with the flow of the Indian sari: Paris attempts to crack huge Asian market00:02
Credit card battle shifts to forecourt: Customers offered big discounts on cars for using their plastic00:02
Leading Article: He believed things could be better00:02
Swan Hunter on watch for a rescue bid: A year after calling in receivers, the North East's last shipbuilder looks to a French buyer to secure its future00:02
Profile: Printer determined to make a mark: John Holloran: The boss of BPC stood up to Maxwell, survived the recession and is heading for the stock market. He talks to William Kay00:02
Cost of raw materials leaps 30%: Government's inflation forecasts threatened by sharp price rises over a wide range of commodities00:02
Diplomat charged00:02
Cricket: Hick quick to prosper00:02
TRIED & TESTED / Pools Winners: If you swim, as opposed to just posing on the beach, you need a costume that moves with you. Our panel jumps in at the deep end00:02
Personnel officers are a waste of time, says new study00:02
BOOKS / Events00:02
Cricket: Stephenson rockets00:02
Briefly: 'Flawed' peace plan00:02
Scots fume at gallery fiasco00:02
The banker of last resort: Correction00:02
Rugby Union: Callard leads Bath on another romp00:02
ARTS / Show People: Different not Alternative: Lee Evans00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Holy fool in the war of words: The Republic of Whores - Josef Skvorecky, trs Paul Wilson: Faber, pounds 14.9900:02
RECORDS / New Releases: Giordano: Fedora. Marton/Carreras/Hungarian RTSO/Patane (Sony, CD)00:02
Briefly: Murder hunt00:02
Boxing: Eubank avoids a Close thing: Harry Mullan spotlights the showbiz style which will thrill fight fans in Belfast00:02
Bunhill: Troubled waters00:02
Briefly: Duke grounded00:02
Quangowatch: No 12: Scarborough and North- East Yorkshire Health Trust00:02
Letter: Nose relief00:02
Briefly: Software selector00:02
Captain Moonlight: A word in your shell-like00:02
Briefly: Barcelona snatch Spanish title: Football00:02
Almanack: Lions share the glory00:02
CAB plans to train more debt advisers00:02
Nomura against bid for Lasmo00:02
Cricket Diary: England's young wizard from Oz00:02
Rugby Union: Wales resolve to win the day: Robert Cole finds a mood of realism at the start of a World Cup campaign00:02
Briefly: Airliner scare00:02
As others saw him: Britain's loss00:02
Golf: Jam for Murray00:02
Briefly: Yard called in over pounds 2.6m Somalia theft00:02
AFTER SMITH / 3: Labour's lost leader: A Scot who kept faith with his roots, says Brian Wilson00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / All dressed up, nowhere to go00:02
ETCETERA / Design Dinosaurs: 16 The carpet-sweeper00:02
York on Ads: No 28: Guinness Draught00:02
Naipaul reveals secrets of his sexual life00:02
Briefly: Art raid riddle00:02
Blair tops leadership polls: Cook will stand as left's challenger to Labour 'modernisers' - Beckett urges unity in run-up to Euro elections00:02
Marketing: Dell gets back on the highway: After last year's disaster with notebooks, the computer manufacturer now has ambitious plans for a portable comeback00:02
Economics: Tasting blood at the Bank00:02
Cricket: Watkin's lifeline00:02
Briefly: Dissident freed00:02
Twelve budding novelists in courtroom drama00:02
Letter: Bald truth00:02
Words: Sceptic00:02
Golf: Monty sees light00:02
US 'dress rehearsal' for Haiti invasion: Pentagon denies huge exercise is prelude to attack00:02
Builders use their heads with a hi-tech hard hat: A helmet wired for TV keeps workers in the picture if problems crop up00:02
Bunhill: Leeway for mix-up00:02
ETCETERA / Home Thoughts00:02
Cricket: Fletcher's watching brief00:02
Rugby League: Reilly fears a talent drain00:02
'Flogging' MP had two freebie trips to Middle East emirate00:02
Export: Euro standards send firm whistling into the future: Tests after an EC directive have spurred an old Birmingham company00:02
ART MARKET / In bed with my art installations: Or in the bath with my sculpture. New York's latest trend is packing artists and their work in hotel rooms, reports Geraldine Norman00:02
Briefly: 'Catweazle' charges00:02
EXHIBITIONS / Graduates of the central school of art: Trend-spotters may be disappointed at the Whitechapel Open, but it shows the middle ground doing very nicely00:02
Almanack: Postscript00:02
Soros shares in decline00:02
Letter: Stalin to blame for TB epidemic00:02
BOOKS / In the lists00:02
ARTS / Cries & Whispers00:02
Fair cop, guv00:02
The List00:02
Briefly: Clinton nominates Breyer to top court00:02
Executives set to find out what the competition is really like00:02
LBS to turn out finance Masters00:02
Letter: Happy talk00:02
Cricket: Lathwell is caught short00:02
ARTS / Overheard00:02
Football / FA Cup Final: Cantona's Double take: Rampant United realise the dream after Chelsea pay the penalty for missed chances00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Something rotten: Ghosts of Manila - James Hamilton-Paterson: Cape, pounds 14.9900:02
Best and Worst00:02
Captain Moonlight: Weekly meander down the byways00:02
DANCE / Journey of a kilted jilter00:02
Briefly: School HIV scare00:02
Sport on TV: Calamity for Jane, pain for Miss Prestige00:02
Letter: False claims00:02
How We Met: Susie Orbach and Gillian Slovo00:02
Taylor's anti-Nazi song consigned to off-peak play00:02
Bunhill: Dial a movie on video00:02
Football / FA Cup Final: Underdogs unrewarded: Richard Williams sees misfortune strike a team who did not deserve their fate00:02
TELEVISION / Long Runners: No 31: Desert Island Discs00:02
Bunhill: Dial-a-Nag00:02
Bunhill: Running on bread: Correction00:02
ETCETERA / ANgST: Expert advice on your problems00:02
Ruling keeps the ball in play00:02
Letter: System where dissent survives00:02
City File: Bluebird shares fly high00:02
City fears market leak at water companies: Doubts grow over Ofwat's ability to keep new K factors secret00:02
Cricket: Durham on the slide00:02
Racing: Hannon spot on00:02
Ecstatic Fenton wins Oxford's poetry chair00:02
Bunhill: Hard cheese for the traditional producer00:02
Train late after 30 years00:02
Football / FA Cup Final: Farewell to 'the best': Norman Fox hears a final testimony to United's missing stalwart00:02
Briefly: Somalis killed00:02
Charles to visit tomb of Tsars00:02
Show me a girl with an eating order00:02
Almanack: Catcher in the affray00:02
Tennis: Becker booms on clay: Germany's grass master is imperious in Rome as he strides forward to a final meeting with Sampras00:02
Private dilemma of the Czechs: Despite giant strides towards economic transformation, lack of capital and weak management are taking their toll. John Eisenhammer reports00:02
Publisher loses staff00:02
Flat Earth: Mao rolls over as B B rocks Peking00:02
Captain Moonlight: Tribute? Bring us sunshine00:02
Fishing Lines: Crabs and a shellacking00:02
Learning to make sacrifices: For mature students, the cost of extra education can be daunting. But help is available if you know how and where to look. Lee Rodwell is your guide00:02
BOOKS / The Independent on Sunday bestseller list00:02
Briefly: Strokeplay is just Harris's bag: Golf00:02
Lloyd's cuts out double counting to save pounds 600m00:02
FASHION / Brides revisited00:02
An urbane spectre with a suit and a laptop is haunting Europe00:02
Flat Earth: Stepping out00:02
Captain Moonlight: A Street cad named desire00:02
Criminals face transatlantic tags00:02
Quick way to stop the rot00:02
Tudjman cashes in on Nazi past00:02
SCIENCE / Disturbing the silence of the deep: Whales could be deafened by low-frequency sound soon to be blasted across the world's oceans. The aim? To monitor global warming. Fred Pearce on a marine controversy00:02
Bomb bequest00:02
Cricket Diary: Twelfth Man00:02
BOOKS / The Hay Festival: The long wait for McIlvaine: E L Doctorow's new book is 'drenched in the spirit of America'. He talks to Peter Guttridge about invention, language, the whole hog00:02
Letter: Why the bells don't ring00:02
Major and Thatcher: they're both related to me, says Mr Crust00:02
Flat Earth: Bobby and Marilyn00:02
Comedian weds00:02
Motor Racing: Benetton take over LigierSchumacher puts foot down00:02
GOING OUT / At last . . . something the British do really well00:02
CHILDREN / The campaign for real milk: Breastfeeding, Dinah Hall argues, has become a middle-class fringe activity. Next week, enthusiasts will begin to fight back00:02
Briefly: Lynagh lifts the gloom: Rugby union00:02
A future of orange juice and justice: Gaza town aims for prosperity00:02
TELEVISION / It was the worst of times00:02
Briefly: Comedian weds00:02
When correctness goes the wrong way00:02
The homeless and the scroungers mar genteel Bournemouth's image00:02
Every little grant helps: For mature students, the cost of extra education can be daunting. But help is available if you know how and where to look. Lee Rodwell is your guide00:02
Smith's final dinner proved biggest draw for business00:02
Captain Moonlight: Art and science in the same pickle00:02
Q & A: Isolated cases of sibling rivalry00:02
ETCETERA / Chess00:02
Profile: Driving out the demons: Gerhard Berger: David Tremayne studies the qualities of a joker seriously considering a life in the slow lane00:02
Briefly: Potato wrap00:02
Theatre Offer: up to pounds 12 off tickets for 'Travesties'00:02
BOOKS / Poetry at the Hay Festival00:02
Tower of babes00:02
Briefly: Rominger on verge of hat-trick: Cycling00:02
Do I Not Like That . . . Never on a Sunday: Julian Wilson is a firm opponent of the decision to allow betting at racecourses on the Sabbath00:02
EU ministers answer the call to Rhodes: Liz Hunt attends a heart disease 'jamboree'00:02
FOOD & DRINK / Grapevine: Kathryn McWhirter on the best offers at Safeway's Wine Fair00:02
FILM / A marriage made in heaven: Four Weddings and a Funeral (15); Blink (18); A Dangerous Woman (15); My New Gun (15); The Puppetmaster (15)00:02
ROCK / A hit, a very improbable hit: The Crash Test Dummies have come from nowhere with 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm'. Erich Boehm meets their leader, Brad Roberts00:02
Database00:02
AFTER SMITH / 3: Political Commentary: In the midst of death, we are in electoral arithmetic00:02
Briefly: Schultz powers into Berlin final: Tennis00:02
Football: Golac feels the beat: James Traynor discusses the radical moves that can decide the Scottish Cup final00:02
RADIO / Sounds of silence00:02
Letter: Rear Window: It all went so horribly wrong: A new democracy in Africa00:02
Competition irks Mercury00:02
RECORDS / New Releases: Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart: Take Me to God (Island, CD/LP/tape)00:02
What the papers said about . . . Allan Border00:02
Public Services Management: Challenging the champions - Consumer groups fear that the utilities watchdogs can't look both ways. Mike George reports on their fight for true independence00:02
Pepkor acts on credit worries00:02
Civil servants admit helping Tory wrecking tactics00:02
AFTER SMITH / 3: Labour's lost leader: Not a Gaitskell, but perhaps an Attlee, says Ben Pimlott00:02
On Excellence: Making politics pay00:02
Famine museum00:02
Football: Inglis strikes in vain00:02
ETCETERA / Bridge00:02
The Agreeable World of Wallace Arnold: Why Paxman, when I have all the answers?00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Harping on about a nightingale: William Scammell on Dafydd and the golden age of Welsh literature00:02
Safe way to conceive at the supermarket00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Cutting through the darkness towards a new life: Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now - Maya Angelou: Virago, pounds 9.9900:02
Motor Racing / Monaco Grand Prix: Schumacher puts foot down: Safety first for championship leader on way to pole. David Tremayne reports from Monte Carlo00:02
Bourgeois Bel and Boots go to war: In Bath they are putting on their wellies and wax jackets to save Solsbury Hill. Cal McCrystal reports00:02
THE BROADER PICTURE / Gathering for a Beetle drive00:02
Township massacre kills twelve00:02
HEALTH / Second Opinion00:02
Official: Major is related to Thatcher . . . and so am I