?Britain allows me to be who I am?

Ibrahim Mogra is the acceptable face of British Islam ? a mainstream Muslim who rejects the perverted beliefs of terrorists. Yet while he accepts that secular pluralism is a good thing, offering him freedom, his discomfort over the freedoms it renders others highlights how complex a relationship Islam has with this country...

We have failed planet Earth

A report from aid agencies this week has highlighted dangers to the environment caused by our exploitation of it. Here the Bishop of London reflects on how today?s ecological challenge provides a reason for re-engaging with a richer understanding of sin and salvation...

Home and away

According to an opinion poll, around 10 million Britons who are disillusioned with the British political system want to move abroad. But how does living in a foreign country affect our view of our own? One Tablet contributor, who moved to California with his family, explains that being an emigrant encourages not only nostalgia, but also connections, to both the old home and the new...

In an English cloister garden

As Edward Pugin?s Monastery of St Francis in Gorton, Manchester, undergoes restoration, Richard Abbott explores this beautiful building, a masterpiece of imperfect symmetry meticulously planned to the glory of God...

A life for a life

A so-called medical breakthrough in stem-cell research, by a profit-making company, invites controversy. Any progress in curing disease is to be welcomed, but such developments can never be justified where they put a life at risk...

Glasgow?s cross

When Celtic?s Polish goalkeeper made the sign of the cross during an ?Old Firm? game last season, Rangers fans complained and the police took up the case. Is sectarianism still thriving in Scotland?s second city?...

Nourish good things in us

In the opening prayer for the twenty-second Sunday in ordinary time, we ask God to nurture in us the seed of love of his name, and in doing so increase our reverence for him. Daniel McCarthy examines the complexities of the original Latin and casts light on their English translation...

Cake that takes some beating

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