diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers.py
index 6370f6e0ea..6cdcfe800d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2008-2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
 harpers.org
 '''
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
 
 class Harpers(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title                 = u"Harper's Magazine"
@@ -18,23 +19,30 @@ class Harpers(BasicNewsRecipe):
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     no_stylesheets        = True
     use_embedded_content  = False
-    remove_javascript     = True
 
     html2lrf_options = [
                           '--comment', description
                         , '--category', category
                         , '--publisher', publisher
                         ]
-    
-    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"\noverride_css=" p {text-indent: 0em; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.5em} img {margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.4em}"' 
-    
-    
+
+    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"\noverride_css=" p {text-indent: 0em; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.5em} img {margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.4em}"'
+
+
     keep_only_tags = [ dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'cached'}) ]
     remove_tags = [
-                     dict(name='table', attrs={'class':'rcnt'})
-                    ,dict(name='table', attrs={'class':'rcnt topline'})
+                     dict(name='table', attrs={'class':['rcnt','rcnt topline']})
                     ,dict(name=['link','object','embed'])
                   ]
 
     feeds       = [(u"Harper's Magazine", u'http://www.harpers.org/rss/frontpage-rss20.xml')]
 
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        mcharset = Tag(soup,'meta',[("http-equiv","Content-Type"),("content","text/html; charset=utf-8")])
+        soup.head.insert(1,mcharset)
+        for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
+            del item['style']
+        for item in soup.findAll(xmlns=True):
+            del item['xmlns']
+        return soup
+
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers_full.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers_full.py
index 69ec9d54f5..bec16cd5c4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers_full.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_harpers_full.py
@@ -9,40 +9,38 @@ images and pdf's are ignored
 '''
 
 from calibre import strftime
-
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
 
 class Harpers_full(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title                 = u"Harper's Magazine - articles from printed edition"
     __author__            = u'Darko Miletic'
     description           = u"Harper's Magazine: Founded June 1850."
     publisher             = "Harpers's"
-    category              = 'news, politics, USA'    
+    category              = 'news, politics, USA'
     oldest_article        = 30
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     no_stylesheets        = True
     use_embedded_content  = False
-    simultaneous_downloads = 1
     delay                  = 1
     language               = _('English')
     needs_subscription = True
     INDEX = strftime('http://www.harpers.org/archive/%Y/%m')
     LOGIN = 'http://www.harpers.org'
     cover_url = strftime('http://www.harpers.org/media/pages/%Y/%m/gif/0001.gif')
-    remove_javascript     = True
-    
+
     html2lrf_options = [
                           '--comment', description
                         , '--category', category
                         , '--publisher', publisher
                         ]
-    
-    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"\noverride_css=" p {text-indent: 0em; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.5em} img {margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.4em}"' 
+
+    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"\noverride_css=" p {text-indent: 0em; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.5em} img {margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.4em}"'
 
     keep_only_tags = [ dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'cached'}) ]
     remove_tags = [
-                     dict(name='table', attrs={'class':'rcnt'})
-                    ,dict(name='table', attrs={'class':'rcnt topline'})
+                     dict(name='table', attrs={'class':['rcnt','rcnt topline']})
+                    ,dict(name='link')
                   ]
 
     def get_browser(self):
@@ -54,13 +52,13 @@ class Harpers_full(BasicNewsRecipe):
             br['password'] = self.password
             br.submit()
         return br
-        
+
     def parse_index(self):
         articles = []
         print 'Processing ' + self.INDEX
         soup = self.index_to_soup(self.INDEX)
         for item in soup.findAll('div', attrs={'class':'title'}):
-            text_link = item.parent.find('img',attrs={'alt':'Text'})            
+            text_link = item.parent.find('img',attrs={'alt':'Text'})
             if text_link:
                 url   = self.LOGIN + item.a['href']
                 title = item.a.contents[0]
@@ -72,4 +70,12 @@ class Harpers_full(BasicNewsRecipe):
                                  ,'description':''
                                 })
         return [(soup.head.title.string, articles)]
-        
+
+    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
+        mcharset = Tag(soup,'meta',[("http-equiv","Content-Type"),("content","text/html; charset=utf-8")])
+        soup.head.insert(1,mcharset)
+        for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
+            del item['style']
+        for item in soup.findAll(xmlns=True):
+            del item['xmlns']
+        return soup