What's Next? (Cover / What's Next?)
From digital video that's changing the way movies are made to high-tech pharmaceuticals that offer new treatments for cancer, TIME takes a look at the technology and trends that are transforming our lives


Justice Denied
The death of Slobodan Milosevic brings a sort of closure to a dark period in European history, but leaves the Balkans unsettled and the role of international criminal courts uncertain


Is Forgiveness Always Divine? (Europe / Essay)
A soul in search of magnanimity reminds us how hard the struggle is


Gunpowder Plot (Arts / Movies)
In the Wachowskis' bizarre V for Vendetta, the hero — yes, hero — wants to blow up London


Light Touch (Arts / Music)
Corinne Bailey Rae's debut album glows with soulful sunshine

Embryonic Debate
A British woman is barred by her former partner from using their frozen embryos, but that doesn't harmonize IVF rights across Europe

Inside the Google Empire (Notebook / Letters)


Stopovers With Style (Check In)
Airport hotels compete with their downtown cousins

Long Live the King (Curtain Raiser)
At 80, B.B. King embarks on his farewell tour

The Cook of Tao (Amuse-bouche)
Asian and Carribean cuisine meet at Vito Chan's St. Lucia restaurant, Tao

Spa Trek (Time Traveler)
Far-flung Kyrgyzstan is the setting for cut-price spa holidays