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Simon Parke: A racecourse remembered I WAS speaking about the Enneagram on Saturday, and mysticism on Sunday. Subscriber only	The strengthening of a community THE ACTIVITIES of the Lyneham Royal Air Force base have long been a valued part of life in Wootton Bassett and Calne deanery. Subscriber only	They think abuse means intimacy YEARS ago, I was challenged at the end of a talk to make a response to St Peter’s insistence that women are the “weaker vessel” (1 Peter 3.7). Subscriber only

Giles Fraser: Evensong calm ends my fidget I WISH it were not so, but I have a very high fidget factor in church. Subscriber only	Paul Vallely: Why I am a lapsed Facebooker AN EARLY adopter is one of those cutting-edge characters who is always ahead of the trends Subscriber only	God’s presence at a time of crisis ‘The life and death and resurrection of Jesus — they’re to tell you of your value’ Subscriber only

Leader: Ever watchful for threats to liberty IN innumerable speeches since the end of the 18th century, liberty has been reckoned at a high price: eternal vigilance. Subscriber only	100 Years Ago: Explorers’ rival claims WHEN we were all engaged in weighing the probability of Dr Cook’s discovery of the North Pole Subscriber only	It’s hard to teach the world to sing IT IS a classic Greenbelt experience. On Sunday morning, the festival draws together into a single event Subscriber only

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