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The truth about GM
Will GM technology feed the world - or destroy farming, and human health, in the name of corporate profit? How can we tell, when the science is up for sale? By Colin Tudge
Politics uncovered
Inside Track
Neal Lawson on why Labour needs a radical change of direction, plus Peter Wilby and Kevin Maguire
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In Life & Society
Asbestos: The lies that killed
Asbestos kills up to 4,000 people a year in the UK and the death toll will continue to rise as a consequence of a decades-old industry cover-up
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In Arts & Culture
State of the nation
The shortlist for the Mercury Prize is a reliable indicator of the national mood. This year Britain sounds like a lonely place fixated with bygone glories
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In World Affairs
The Joe and Hillary show
Obama has taken a colossal risk in choosing the gaffe-prone Biden and may come to regret not opting for popular Clinton
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In Politics
Talking to the Taliban
For Afghan insurgents every death, no matter from which side, is a step closer to victory
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In Life & Society
Dem bones, dem bones
The latest display at the excellent Wellcome Collection is a haunting hotch-potch of skeletons
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Blogs
Bright's Blog
Politics uncovered by Martin Bright, New Statesman political editor
Last entry 21 August 2008
Columns
Shazia's Week
Shazia Mirza
Unless a vacancy for a newsreader comes up at Channel 4, comedy is stuck with me
Arts & Books
State of the nation
The shortlist for the Mercury Prize is a reliable indicator of the national mood. This year Britain sounds like a lonely place fixated with bygone glories
Dem bones, dem bones
The latest display at the excellent Wellcome Collection is a haunting hotch-potch of skeletons
Calls of the wild
Many of our old wildernesses are dying - like the Arctic - but many, and different, others - on Liverpool's fringes, in the South Bronx - are also being created. The writers in the new Granta report back from the new front lines between nature and civilisation
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Richard Herring
Comic Richard Herring gives us his sideways look at politics, people and everyday life
Political conferences 2008
Conference Season
The 2008 party conference season is almost upon us. Browse our packed programme of fringe meetings, public debates, briefings and receptions.
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