The News of the World becomes Princess Diana | Celebs fight back | Google engineer: “We could be evil”

Weekly Online Newsletter 12 July 2011 Home Editor's Choice Features Regulars Arts & Books Blogs Subscribe   The ten must-read blogs from the last week on newstatesman.com When did the News of the World morph into Princess Diana? Stop the mawkishness and sentimentality. By Mehdi Hasan Why Cameron got it so wrong on Coulson The PM has a blind spot when it comes to accusations against people who are useful to him. By Rafael Behr News International scandal spreads to the Sunday Times According to the latest allegations, the newspaper fraudulently accessed Gordon Brown's bank details. By Samira Shackle The celebs fight back Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan - this was the week the celebrities went to war on the tabloids. By Sophie Elmhirst Tabloids and the abuse of power Why there should be a full judicial inquiry into phone hacking. By David Allen Green Quote of the day: "Shut up, you homophobic cow" An insight into the happy marriage of Rebekah Brooks and Ross Kemp. By Duncan Robinson Saying farewell to the News of the Screws That a trashy tabloid was slain by quality investigative journalism is probably fitting. That hundreds will lose their jobs, less so. By Steven Baxter Morning Call The ten must-read pieces from this morning's papers. Are you trapped in a Filter Bubble? Eli Pariser explains the dangers of a personalised web and "what the internet is hiding from you". By Helen Lewis-Hasteley How Pakistan uses US military aid as a cover The US is withholding $800m in military aid. This money - ostensibly funding anti-Talbian operations - is used to disguise Pakistan's assault on Baloch nationalism. By Catriona Luke New Statesman Jobs Job of the Week: Head of Research / Senior Researcher You will provide leadership to a team of four to five research and monitoring consultants. The team will deliver core monitoring services; play a strategic role in policy analysis for clients and new business contacts; and help develop new products for the company. Recruiter: Ellwood & Atfield Sign up to New Statesman Jobs now Regulars Leader: For too long, public figures have lived in fear of Murdoch Almost everybody of importance has been seduced by News Corp in some fashion. Arts & Culture The Tree of Life By Ryan Gilbey Sean Penn's dazed look fits this long view of 1950s America.     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.