CONTENTS 5 FEBRUARY 2011 COLUMNS


7 CLIFFORD LONGLEY ‘The present economic debate is based on the flawed anthropology of homo economicus’


9 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE’S PRESSWATCH


‘In hellish tales, the man with power against the demons is always a Catholic priest’


13 LISTEN TO THE WORD 14 PARISH PRACTICE 15 NOTEBOOK 16 LETTERS 17 THE LIVING SPIRIT 18 PUZZLES


BOOKS


19 BRIAN MORTON Liberty’s Exiles: the loss of America and the remaking of the British Empire Maya Jasanoff


ISABEL QUIGLY The Excellent Mrs Fry: unlikely heroine


Anne Isba


JANE O’GRADY Nemesis Philip Roth


ARTS


22 FEATURE Francine Stock Brighton Rock


THEATRE Mark Lawson


The Knowledge/ Little Platoons


RADIO D.J. Taylor My Dear Children of the Whole World


TELEVISION John Morrish


Beauty and The Beast: Ugly Face of Prejudice


S1 Teaching the teachers Jeremy Sutcliffe Training for educators is threatened by government plans


S2 The teacher who inspired me Julie Etchingham An ITN journalist recalls her English master’s boundless enthusiasm


S3 With ethics at its core Matthew C. Ogilvie Obligatory moral philosophy changes how Australian students think


S4 Small pockets of quietness Victoria Combe How meditation can transform learning even for young children


S6 Making character count Terry Philpot Jesuit schools in poor areas in the US are making a difference


S8 School report Compiled by Sam Adams The Rosary Catholic Primary School, Saltley, Birmingham


25 THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD Don’t demonise North Africa’s Muslims, bishops warn


30 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND Cuts threat to church-run care homes


33 OBITUARY Canon Donald Allchin COVER ILLUSTRATION: JOE CUMMINGS 5 February 2011 | THE TABLET | 3 FEATURES


■CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 4 Egypt’s fearful Christians Daniella Peled


Concern is mounting among Catholics and Copts about their future in a post-Mubarak nation


6 A vital presence Anthony O’Mahony The fate of Christians will be a barometer of progress in the Middle East as its countries seek freedom and democracy


8 Music please, maestro Rick Jones The man behind the revitalisation of London’s Wigmore Hall, John Gilhooly, tells us about how his faith has helped him to achieve that


10 Lost generation Bill McGarvey A recent conference in New York examined why twentysomethings – even religious ones – are staying away from church


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