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Home | Politics | World Affairs | Blogs | Subscribe Weekly Online Newsletter   30 August 2013 IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE Syria: the west humiliated  John Bew condemns Obama over Syria   COMMENT AND ANALYSIS    - Germany is still haunted by the fear of   hyperinflation, by Frederick Taylor   - WW Crotch: a 'pleasant' encounter with Hitler   - George Eaton: the Tories are playing dirty on party funding  - Stephen Twigg gets under the bonnet of Labour's education plans   - Medhi Hasan: Ed Milliband could still be a winner - Sholto Byrnes reports from Qatar   PLUS - Laurie Penny on the gentrification of London  - The American obsession with Downton Abbey by Laura Miller - Michael Brooks looks at the compatibility gene  - Leo Robson on the Hollywood novel - Will Self braves Five Guys' top-price burgers   NEW STATESMAN SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 12 ISSUES FOR £12 PLUS FREE BOOK To take up this offer and claim your free book by Christopher Clark, worth £10.99 newstatesman.com/link/eww     Find the issue, cover dated 30 August - 5 September, on sale for £3.50 in all good newsagents in London on Thursday and the rest of the country on Friday. Or buy the issue in digital form here - ideal for those living outside the UK. International and national readers can also call +44 (0)207 936 6459 or click here to obtain a print copy. New Statesman LTD, registered in England No. 03143654, John Carpenter House, John Carpenter Street, London, EC4Y 0AN. 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. 2010. 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.