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JOHN MOORE finds out to what extent the state wants to amass information on every citizen in Britain - and it's already started.

Arts	Books
A radical haven IN FOCUS: West London Trade Union Club Too cool for school ALBUM: John Stevens and Evan Parker - Corner to Corner & The Longest Night Dancing in time to the resistance An affair with marriage On film with BETH PORTER Well versed POETRY: Poem of the week	They're watching Surveillance Unlimited by Keith Laidler A 'Commie Girl' in California Commie Girl in the OC by Rebecca Schoenkopf Unravelling a long-buried family secret The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vasquez Sinister tales of torture in Edinbugh's bloody jail Dark Heart by Douglas Skelton The widening gap Superclass by David Rothkopf
Film	Music
Honeydripper (PG) XXY (18) Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (12a) Doomsday (18) A Secret (15)	Malian meditation LIVE: Toumani Diabate Balkan brass meets breakbeat LIVE: Forty Thieves Orkestar A pop-punk hit for the summer LIVE: You Me At 6 All-star blues ALBUM: The Mannish Boys - Lowdown Feelin' Ali G's top DJ ALBUM: Tha 4orce - Mind the Gap Anthems V2
Theatre
Dealing with the dark side The Taming of the Shrew Musical not as bad as they say Gone with the Wind Unrewarding virtuoso role not worth a revival De Monfort Fine play falls victim to crazy surrealism The City Shifting moralities Fast Labour