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Giles Fraser: Let there be dark Congratulations, Sydney. Last year, the city responded to a request from WWF to turn off all its lights for an hour. Subscriber only	Why church schools really are fair Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and Jim Knight, the Schools Minister, rode into town with all guns blazing last month... Subscriber only	Paul Vallely: I am English Catholic, not Roman I was giving a lecture to the London Newman Association last night. Its subtitle was “English Catholicism: 1951-2008”. Subscriber only

Leader: As sparks fly upwards Two students, Sophie Lancaster and Robert Maltby, were attacked by a gang of youths in a Lancashire park last August. Subscriber only	40 years ago: Modern martyr IN THE heroic destiny of Martin Luther King, the victory will in the long run be with him and the things he stood for. Subscriber only	Stop tolerating this inhumane treatment WHEN Faith in the City reported on the acute deprivation in the big cities of England in 1985, it caused a considerable stir, as well as some strident... Subscriber only

Simon Parke: Taking the way of peace “VIOLENCE is against human nature,” says the Dalai Lama, as violence escalates in Tibet. Subscriber only	Basil’s brush with the constabulary SPARE a thought for that hitherto blameless national treasure who suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Subscriber only	Learning to live without a gun ON A BARE, black-walled stage, five teenage heads are bent in discussion. Subscriber only

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