06 Profile/Wayne Rooney
08 This Month/A Wild Weekend in August
10 Travel / Aberdeen
12 Living Language/The World of Journalism
13 Studying Abroad / British Education

04 Letters & Club
44 Good Life
46 Cultural Matters
47 The Last Laugh
48 Games
49 Kids’ Cross
50 Song & Lyrics

14 J-Lo On Motherhood
Jennifer Lopez on The Back-up Plan.
18 The Problem with Plastic
Designer Richard Liddle’s creative ecology.
20 Once an All Black...
John Kirwan on next year’s Rugby World Cup.
22 The Joys of Spelling
Welcome to New York, where spelling is a competitive sport!
25 Meet the Contest Winners
Read their stories and poems.
29 The Center of the Nation
South Dakota’s unusual tourist attraction.
30 Food for Thought
Jimmy Doherty is a man with a mission.
32 Philadelphia Freedom!
We head to the birthplace of the USA.
36 The Future of English
Michael Swan on a lucky language.
38 Virtual War, Real Danger
We continue our series on the future.
40 Don’t Take my Internet Away
Our favourite pastime is bad for the environment.
42 Almost There
A little John Peter Sloan is on the way!