Grim realism has replaced the euphoria of 1991 in Ukraine, as in most countries of the former Soviet Union. On a recent visit to Ukraine, Mike Lowe discovered that democracy must start at the grassroots

Britain's Institute of Business Ethics, which marks its 10th anniversary in October, has put values onto the agenda in many boardrooms. Its chairman, Neville Cooper, talks to Michael Smith.

The media are given privileges and protections because they have a special function in our democracy

Joy Weeks asks whether schools can impart the values which undergird free society.

'Islam and the Myth of Confrontation - religion and politics in the Middle East' by Fred Halliday, IB Tauris £12.95

'The Railway Man by Eric Lomax, Cape £15.99; paperback Vintage £6.99

After 50 years of Independence, Rajmohan Gandhi reconsiders his grandfather's widsom - opening up a source of hope for further healing with Britain, and within the divisions of the whole sub-contintent.