June 2002
Making our mark
Forget the doomsday scenarios: the bigger the 'footprint' that humanity leaves upon the Earth, the better.
Royal revisionism
What attracted Jubilee revellers was the crowd, not the Queen.
The use and abuse of Star Wars
Two weird things involving dejected children and Attack of the Clones happened on opposite sides of the planet....
Body politics
Francis Fukuyama and Gregory Stock take different sides in the biotechnology revolution. What revolution?
Genetically modified fears
spiked editor Mick Hume in The Times (London).
‘People have all kinds of fertility needs’
Britain's regulations on choosing the gender of your baby should be loosened up, argues a London fertility expert
TV UK, 6 June
The Jubilee was a televised orgy of bad faith - and giant puppets.
Pop goes the Queen
The preferred form of national self-representation, pop music, is ephemeral. Everything it touches becomes weightless - including the monarchy.
Hogwash
Harry Potter and the planespotters.
Continental drift
Why is the centre right winning elections across Europe and the USA?
Not-so-secret services
The FBI and the CIA have gone to war - with themselves.
Despising Tyson
As Mike Tyson loses to Lennox Lewis, read spiked editor Mick Hume on the one black man liberals feel free to hate.
As Mike Tyson loses to Lennox Lewis, read spiked editor Mick Hume on the one black man libera
'Digital rights management' will strengthen industry's stranglehold over intellectual property.
How the New Deal feels
The lower the unemployment rate falls, the more New Labour seems obsessed with the jobless.
The myth of the far right
The obsession with the rise of the right tells us more about European elites' insecurity than about any real fascist threat.
Polite society’ gets nasty
Applauding Lennox Lewis' defeat of bad man Mike Tyson just isn't good sport.
Historical imagination
At spiked's conference After 11 September: Fear and Loathing in the West, Francis Fukuyama and Frank Furedi debated the question: 'Has history started again?'
Offside, 14 June
Adios amigos - and remember, it's only a game.
TV UK, 14 June
The Law had 'pilot' written all over it.
The anti-imperialism of fools
Why has Palestine suddenly become a cause celebre for the anti-globalisation movement? Read spiked editor Mick Hume's essay in the New Statesman.
Lunatics about asylum
There is no asylum crisis in the UK. It is a political crisis of the government's own making.
Image wars
Try as it might, New Labour just can't get rid of the spin thing.
Pluck off
If I hear the Irish football team described as plucky, brave or courageous one more time, I'll spit.
Intelligence tests
America's new Department of Homeland Security won't enhance security, but will endanger liberty.
The Department of Fear and Uncertainty
In President Bush's war of 'freedom v fear', freedom is losing.
Mutton dressed as lamb
Why can't the baby boomers grow old gracefully?
Fear and loathing in Trafalgar Square
Why Muslims are the new Catholics, why the Orange Order isn't racist, and why moan about the weather?
The deciding factor
Suing abortion providers for post-traumatic stress undermines women's reproductive autonomy.
Sing when you’re winning
And when you lose…jump into the river anyway. From our man in Japan.
Offside, 20 June
In this Alice in Wonderland tournament conventional football wisdom has been turned on its head.
A blame of two halves
Italians are blaming everything from lack of Parmesan cheese to bans on sex for their poor showing at the World Cup. Dominic Standish reports from Italy.
Phoney fandom
The World Cup and Star Wars can make bystanders into fans - unlike the Queen and Tony Blair.
Phoney fandom
The World Cup and Star Wars can make bystanders into fans - unlike the Queen and Tony Blair.
TV UK, 20 June
Dolan CummingsEvery four years, the World Cup turns those who do not watch football into pint-clutching supporters.
Are we all Palestinians now?
Many in the West are suddenly interested in Palestine - for all the wrong reasons.
Taking Stock
Gregory Stock, author of Redesigning Humans, on the benefits of biotechnology and why we should trust parents.
Tony Blair: man or myth?
In place of politics, New Labour gives us symbols and narratives.
Suffering for his art
London-based artist Sebastian Horsley explains why he got crucified in the Philippines.
Bush makes ‘history’ on the hoof
The USA is playing fantasy foreign policy in the Middle East.
Making our mark
Forget the doomsday scenarios: the bigger the 'footprint' that humanity leaves upon the Earth, the better.
Has the game gone global?
European influence, not home-honed talent, allowed South Korea, Japan and African nations to flourish in the World Cup.
