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When aliens are undesirable IF IT has been a bad week for the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, it has been a worse one for the reputation of immigrants. Once again, the link between... Subscriber only	The point of the parish share One of the churchwardens from St Ebbe’s in Oxford wrote in to defend their practice of withholding part of their parish share from the diocese, on the... Subscriber only	Word from Wormingford Ronald Blythe, dealing with distractions, recalls an artist’s face-powder Subscriber only

Diary MY NEW CHURCH is the proud possessor of a fresco. Subscriber only	What happened to the old radicals? Hugh Rayment-Pickard explores Christian progressive thinking with Bill Coffin and Harvey Cox Subscriber only	Prayer isn’t like that Scientific studies of whether prayer helps the sick are never going to prove anything, argues Jeffrey Bishop Subscriber only

Many are called, but few are chosen Churches could learn from charities to be more effective with volunteers, argues David Self Subscriber only	A body of evidence (and the telly was still on) THE dead body of Carol lay undiscovered in her flat in north London for three years, an inquest heard recently. Subscriber only	The West doesn’t care about Darfur There isn’t the political will to end the slaughter, says Paul Vallely in Nigeria Subscriber only

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