This volume draws together the finest writing in the Guardian from 2001. From eyewitness reports to obituaries, art criticism to sports reporting, diary stories to editorials, politics to travel, and business to the Internet. Contributors include Nancy Banks-Smith, Catherine Bennett, Michael Billington, Julie Burchill, Mathew Engel, Simon Hoggart, A.C. Grayling, Frank Keating, Maggie O'Kane, Alan Rusbridger, Polly Toynbee, Francis Wheen, Gary Younge and Hugo Young among others.