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Weekly Online Newsletter 20 August 2013 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE ECONOMICS POLITICS CULTURE BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE If you were forwarded this by a colleague please click here to subscribe Editor's Choice Ten must-read blogs Blunkett makes it clear there will be no return for Labour "greybeards" The former home secretary says it was "made clear earlier in the year that the oldies wouldn't be coming back". Miliband wants to promote the new generation. By George Eaton Putin's "war on gays" is a desperate search for scapegoats Russia is not a particularly homophobic culture, but its government is looking to divert attention from recent political discontent. By Michael Idov How Labour councils are boosting apprenticeships Labour authorities have responded to Ed Miliband's call last year to enhance and advance the vocational route for young people. By Gordon Marsden Godfrey Bloom: the only men who like feminists are "chaps who get sand kicked in their face on the beach" The continued saga of Godfrey Bloom, aged 63 and three quarters. By Alex Hern The picture that reveals the madness of the London housing market A "1 bedroom studio" in Highgate Village turns out to be little more than a garage with a shower in it. By Caroline Crampton Why it's different for girls: slut-shaming in the digital age A culture that hates women for having sex is one that simply hates women. By Sarah Ditum No, house prices are not falling It's just a summer blip. By Mike Cobb Welcome to Britain: Border control officers can seize personal data without reasonable suspicion The detention of David Miranda, partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, by border officials has put the spotlight on the powers conferred on the UK's border control officials by Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000. By Tim Hardy How not to die on a bike in London Hayley Campbell is inexplicably still living. She shares her tips on how to master this impressive feat yourself. By Hayley Campbell Edinburgh goes corporate: Is it time for a fringe of the Fringe? The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has swelled to an untameable 2,871 shows, most of them well-behaved and aspiring. By Matt Trueman Promotion The New Statesman Century The New Statesman Century celebrates one hundred years of the finest cultural and political commentary written in the English-speaking world. This perfect-bound, 244-page collector's edition of the magazine brings together a selection of work from former New Statesman contributors including George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Edward Said, Rebecca West and Julian Barnes. This limited edition of the New Statesman is now available. Click here to buy a copy now (UK). For order of multiple copies or for overseas delivery contact Stephen Brasher by email or on 44 0207 936 6459. Sponsored Advertorial   Subscribe 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. 2013. 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.