What's fair about Private Manning's sentence? | Labour and the Tories need a big idea | Should zero-hours contracts be banned?

Weekly Online Newsletter 22 August 2013 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE ECONOMICS POLITICS WORLD AFFAIRS BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE If you were forwarded this by a colleague please click here to subscribe Editor's Choice Five must-read pieces from the magazine Learning how to live Why do we find free time so terrifying? Why is a dedication to work, no matter how physically destructive and ultimately pointless, considered a virtue? By Jenny Diski Labour and the Tories face the same dilemma: to break the deadlock, they need a big idea If they want to avoid another hung parliament, both sides need to take more risks. This isn't a time for small-ball politics. By George Eaton Dr Christian Jessen: "The word 'exploitative' drives me mad" Helen Lewis talks to Dr Christian Jessen about Twitter diagnoses, self-promotion and the best of the NHS. By Helen Lewis In Latvia, Riga has become a ghost town The third-poorest country in the EU, punitive welfare conditions and the exclusion of Russian-speakers from surrounding nations has lead to a depopulation of 30,000 a year. By Agata Pyzik An intensive, lovingly written account of 100 years of black music A serious music journalist, Lloyd Bradley's history of black music in the nation's capital is captivating and well crafted. By Bim Adewunmi Five must-read blogs What's fair about Private Manning's sentence? Whistleblowers know that they will probably pay a high price for their act of conscience. It is what makes that act so noble. By Nicky Woolf Should zero-hours contracts be banned? Banning something that works well for some people just because others are abusing it doesn't make sense. By Flip Chart Rick A to B: Flying home, wherever home may be When Alex Andreou boarded a plane from Greece, he knew it would be nine years before he saw his home again. By Alex Andreou Working class voters and the 'progressive' left: a widening chasm The triumph of identity politics means too many progressives appear willing to dismiss the white working class as socially backwards and not worth listening to. By James Bloodworth My love-hate relationship with National Express Nothing makes you question the nature of your inner life more than eight hours alone on a glorified bus with seatbelts. By Holly Baxter 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. 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.