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Simon Parke: How broken is society? FORGIVE those who talk of a “broken society”: they do not know what they are doing. Subscriber only	Don’t lose faith in Europe WHEN the Europe Panel of the C of E’s House of Bishops submitted a statement to the European Union last week Subscriber only	The UK’s unconfessed war crime THERE was a mild rinsing of hands and no expression of regret as Tony Blair appeared at the Chilcot inquiry on Friday Subscriber only

Paul Vallely: An emissary from Discworld SIR TERRY PRATCHETT was both marvellously funny and moving this week in his Richard Dimbleby lecture Subscriber only	Giles Fraser: Football needs some humility “Without [piety], we will never select any player, regardless of his potential. Subscriber only	End this gutless enterprise now Soon after I was ordained in the early 1960s, there came the Anglican-Methodist Scheme for reunion. Subscriber only

Leader: Assisted-dying debate becomes muddled SIR TERRY PRATCHETT, the fantasy author, argued this week that assisted suicide was “an idea whose time is really coming”. Subscriber only	100 Years Ago: Boat-race in Holy Week THE Presidents of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs have now presented a reply to the memorial Subscriber only	Peering under the hood: be friends with children We are living in an age of mistrust. A combination of the media and legislation regarding children’s welfare Subscriber only

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