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August 2008

Getting to Know the Dalai Lama



The monk who has lead Tibetans for 68 years sees the Beijing Olympics as a chance to convert the Chinese to his cause


Features

Out of This World

Pathological Computer Use is being recognised as a real disorder, but little is known about how to treat compulsive gamers who spend much of their lives in virtual worlds

Betraying the State of Israel

Jews fail to understand anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism

A New Mutiny?

Away from the tourist trail, India is threatened by the Maoism that toppled Nepal's monarchy

ITV's Last Gasp

Savaged by a regime that sacrificed quality for cash, the network needs to return to striking and original programmes. Can Michael Grade pull it off, or is ITV’s decline terminal?


Dialogue

Bringing the House Down

The playwright Simon Gray died on August 7. Shortly before his death he shared his thoughts on the theatre and much else in a Standpoint Dialogue with The Daily Telegraph's theatre critic Charles Spencer and our editor Daniel Johnson


Counterpoints


Columns

The Outsider

Points East and West

Guest Speaker

Open Season


Dispatches

No Via Media for Anglicans

Recycling the French Model