CONTENTS 16 JULY 2011 COLUMNS


11 CATHERINE PEPINSTER ‘Return the Murdoch money and find other ways of replenishing the church coffers’


15 SARA MAITLAND ‘What seems to be the issue here is a hatred of feminism’


16 LISTEN TO THE WORD 17 PARISH PRACTICE 18 NOTEBOOK 19 LETTERS 20 THE LIVING SPIRIT 21 PUZZLES


BOOKS


22 ALEC RYRIE The Reformation of the Landscape: religion, identity and memory in early modern Britain and Ireland Alexandra Walsham


CATHERINE NIXEY Under a Canvas Sky: living outside Gormenghast Clare Peake


BRENDAN WALSH The Stranger’s Child Alan Hollinghurst


ARTS


25 FEATURE Rick Jones The BBC Proms


THEATRE Mark Lawson Road Show and Emperor and Galilean


CINEMA Francine Stock Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2


TELEVISION John Morrish The Night Watch


12 Horn of scarcity Tim Aldred


Will the generous response of the public to appeals for aid for those suffering the effects of climate change in Africa be enough?


13 Paradox of a persecuted religion Eamon Duffy We continue our series marking the British Museum’s exhibition of reliquaries with a study of an ivory box showing the Crucifixion


14 To travel optimistically Andrew McDonald A sufferer from Parkinson’s disease writes of how his hope and confidence in the future endure in spite of potent threats


28 THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD Be agents of peace, Pope tells leaders of fragile new nation


31 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND Concerns over six-figure Murdoch gift to papal visit funds


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4 You can rely on me, I’m a … Ivor Roberts Pressman, politician, priest. Not any more, says the public. But if the situation is to be fixed, people must look to their own hearts


6 Sauce for the gander Onora O’Neill Journalists’ reluctance to apply high standards of transparency to their work must change, says a leading advocate of trust


6 Why the messenger had to be shot Bill Hagerty As people’s faith in the press has been strained to breaking point, a former newspaper editor explains what needs to be done to restore it


8 Necessity of virtue Christopher Jamison The rehabilitation of the qualities of prudence, temperance, courage and justice are key to regaining confidence in British institutions


10 Parent power Peter Stanford For families of pupils at the dispute-torn Cardinal Vaughan School, the greatest casualty has been the collapse of trust in the diocese


■ CRISIS IN TRUST FEATURES


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