CONTENTS 19 FEBRUARY 2011 COLUMNS


5 CLIFFORD LONGLEY ‘The evidence suggests marriage is still highly regarded, even among those who cohabit’


13 SARA MAITLAND ‘’We have placed the idea of beauty on a different plane from justice and truth’


14 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE’S PRESSWATCH ‘Key words were scandal, politicians, law of God, marriage and male, meaning evil’


15 LISTEN TO THE WORD 16 PARISH PRACTICE 17 NOTEBOOK 18 LETTERS 19 THE LIVING SPIRIT 20 PUZZLES


BOOKS


21 ERNAN McMULLIN Galileo J.L.Heilbron


RUSSELL SPARKES The Attack on World Poverty: going back to basics Benny Dembitzer


MARY BLANCHE RIDGE Half of the Human Race Anthony Quinn


ARTS


25 FEATURE Laura Gascoigne Modern British Sculpture


THEATRE Mark Lawson


The Children’s Hour


TELEVISION John Morrish First Cut: Made in England


OPERA Robert Thicknesse Die Fledermaus


12 Into the woods today Graham Usher Our forests must be maintained not just as revenue earners but as places of wonder where the soul can be refreshed as well the body


29 THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD Vatican blocks re-election of Caritas Internationalis chief


34 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND Papal visit costs Church £10m


38 OBITUARY Louis McRedmond


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10 Israel’s holy brew David Wallace Often thought of as a place of sharp, even crude, division, the Holy Land today is rather a country of complex and subtle distinctions


FEATURES


4 Sense and sensitivities Philip Endean A liturgical scholar argues that if the new English translation of the Missal is to be accepted, its supporters must make their voices heard


6 Behind Cameron’s words Francis Davis The Prime Minister’s recent Munich speech on multiculturalism was the culmination of fierce debate within the Conservative Party


■ CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST


8 Sons of Abraham Anthony O’Mahony Ancient Jewish connections to Islam could provide the Middle East with a new perspective for peace in the wake of change in Egypt


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