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Church militant — or belligerent? Anglicans have a near-inexhaustible capacity for debate. Outsiders might even be excused for thinking that argument is the preferred means for discovering... Subscriber only	Simon Parke: Sprucing up the whited sepulchre THE rush hour in June, and the faces on the hot Tube tell the story. Subscriber only	Change needed in the Philippines As Tony Benn observed in a radio broadcast in the 1980s: “Authoritarian regimes are for ever in denial, and rarely relinquish power voluntarily.” Subscriber only

Giles Fraser: Remember that manners makyth man I have always felt a degree of ambivalence towards the whole idea of having good manners. Subscriber only	Paul Vallely: Listen to the voice of reason in faith There was something particularly shocking about the news that an Islamicist group in Gaza has threatened to decapitate female newsreaders. Subscriber only	The G8 must act now on climate There is a famous scene at the end of Reservoir Dogs, the film by Quentin Tarantino. Subscriber only

Leader At last, bishops who value diversity Subscriber only	100 years ago Youth and ‘living statuary’ Subscriber only	The Church should offer clerics property bonds Many of the stipendiary clergy who are coming up to retirement can remember being told by their diocesan director of ordinands that they should sell the... Subscriber only

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