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Weekly Online Newsletter 12 August 2010 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   Editor's Choice In this week's New Statesman... This week we have a special issue devoted to science and politics. Michael Brooks explores the 20 most cutting-edge advances in science; Simon Singh explains how UK libel laws censor scientists; and Oliver James argues the case against genetic determinism. Elsewhere, Mehdi Hasan writes on the chaos of Cameronism where the Con-Lib coalition's hyperactivity has led to a shambolic three months of U-turns, scandals and embarrassment. In the Economics Column, Prof David Blanchflower is getting worried "something horrible may happen again". Meanwhile, Laurie Penny argues that Mad Men's curvy secretary Joan is no model for women. The issue is on sale now, or you can subscribe through the website. Get a FREE copy of Noam Chomsky's Hopes and Prospects when you start your annual subscription today for just £82. The five most read blogs Rupert Murdoch claims to own the "Sky" in "Skype" - George Eaton Undercover with the young Conservative - Laurie Penny The Omar Khadr case makes a mockery of US justice - Yo Zushi Imran Khan on Naomi Campbell, Charles Taylor and the "blood diamonds" - Mehdi Hasan Losing our religion - Sholto Byrnes BFI South America Season The second week of the BFI's South American Renaissance season includes City of God, a sprawling, engrossing account of the rise of drug gangs in Rio. Minimal Stories is Carlos Sorin's triptych of tales, which follows a number of characters, each on a journey through the Patagonian landscape. Each story is interwoven with warmth and humour. Other highlights include The Magic Gloves, the story of a chauffeur who has fallen on hard times, Whisky, a delightfully dour comedy, and Paraguayan Hammock, which follows an elderly bickering couple from dawn to dusk as they await their son's return from war. Regulars Leader: The Humpty-Dumpty politics of the coalition government Milk, the Mail and Martin O'Neill By Peter Wilby Why the Tories should abolish school milk and throw people out of council housing - oh, and why they're spendthrifts. Plus: football fortunes and thinking again about global warming. How "Milk Snatcher Thatcher" stole my heart How Iain Dale became a Thatcherite at the age of ten. Arts & Culture The Refuge (15) François Ozon's films are drowning in self-reference, writes Ryan Gilbey. Books Attlee: a Life in Politics By Vernon Bogdanor And the mouse shall lead     This Week's Issue Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e-mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2009. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.