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Observer Press Review: Read all about it!

Sunday May 19, 2002

A sideways look at seven days in the press. The big red-top price war news made for a week of navel-gazing nonsense.

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Posted at 12:00 BST, 19th May 2002.

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Interview with Robert McNamara:'I don't think anybody thought much about whether Agent Orange was against the rules of war'

The Observer

May 19, 2002

Robert McNamara, Defence Secretary to JFK and LBJ, talks about his crucial role in the Cuban Missile Crisis and says that his experience in the Vietnam War convinced him of the need for an international criminal court. Even if it could mean his own record coming under scrutiny.

Posted at 12:00 BST, 19th May 2002.

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Observer Press Review: Identity Matters

Observer.co.uk,

Sunday May 12 2002

A sideways look at seven days in the press

Posted at 12:00 BST, 12th May 2002.

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Observer Press Review: Monkey Business

Monkey business

A sideways look at the press week

Rob Blackhurst and Sunder Katwala

Observer.co.uk,

Sunday May 5 2002

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Posted at 12:00 BST, 5th May 2002.

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Observer Press Review: End of the Affair

Our sideways look at seven days in the press.

Rob Blackhurst

Sunday April 28, 2002

Observer.co.uk

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Posted at 12:00 BST, 28th April 2002.

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Observer Press Review: Tabloid Svensation

It was going to be the week the papers got serious …

Rob Blackhurst and Sunder Katwala

Sunday April 21, 2002

Observer.co.uk

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Posted at 12:00 BST, 21st April 2002.

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Observer.co.uk Press Review: A Nation Transformed

But not for long. A sideways look at a week of national consensus, prayer and mourning, in which the metatarsal bone finally won its fifteen minutes of fame.

Observer.co.uk

Sunday April 14 2002

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Posted at 12:00 BST, 14th April 2002.

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Book Review: The Lady's Not For Learning

Review of Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (2 April 2002)

Global Thinking - the Foreign Policy Centre Newsletter

Statecraft shows that the Hard Right hasn't understood the consequences of Globalisation.

Posted at 12:00 BST, 2nd April 2002.

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Observer Press Review: All the Celebrity Gossip

Seven days in the press: Naomi's victory over the Mirror means things may have to be a little different around here.

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  • Sunday March 31 2002

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Posted at 12:00 BST, 31st March 2002.

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Observer Press Review: Get Your Rataliation in First

Observer.co.uk

Get your retaliation in first

It was a week of cynicism, criticism and apologies from many of those who should know better.

Rob Blackhurst and Sunder Katwala

Observer.co.uk,

Sunday March 17 2002

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Posted at 12:00 GMT, 17th March 2002.

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Observer Press Review: Brains of Britain

How much did you want to know what Tony Blair wears, and what Posh and Becks talk about on the sofa? It was a week for invading your own privacy with impunity.

Rob Blackhurst

Observer.co.uk,

Sunday March 10 2002

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Posted at 12:00 GMT, 10th March 2002.

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Observer Press Review: Revenge of the Living Dead

Rob Blackhurst and Sunder Katwala

Sunday March 3, 2002

Observer.co.uk

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Posted at 12:00 GMT, 3rd March 2002.

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