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Julia LangdonJubilation greeted Tony Blair?s move into Number 10. As he prepares to step down after 10 years as Prime Minister, the first draft of history records a reformed country, a consummate politician ? and wide public distrust Free
From the editor’s desk
| The Blair Paradox Free History will reach its own verdict on Tony Blair's 10 years as Britain's Prime Minister, and it may be a more generous one than the voters delivered in this week's local and Scottish elections. Because the date of his departure has been ... | Dialogue and the Deaf |
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Features
 Called to question Free Peter Kavanagh Peter Kavanagh meets the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, who has been awarded the prestigious 2007 Templeton Prize, recognising groundbreaking work with a spiritual dimension. His field of study is proving ever more relevant as the twenty-first century unfolds... |  Absolute valuesChrista Pongratz-Lippitt Catholics in Germany are defying a Vatican instruction to close down their counselling service. They believe that they save thousands of babies? lives by persuading women to continue with their pregnancies, but Rome insists they are actually facilitating abortion... |
 Right on target?Rebecca George and Keith LeslieSetting goals for an organisation to meet is an age-old management technique, but during the Blair years that didn?t stop New Labour making them a key part of their agenda for change. The question is whether they improved the way Britain is governed... | Vocation to leadMichael SeedTony Blair has made no secret of his Christian faith and its influence on his political beliefs. Michael Seed, a Catholic priest who has said Mass at Number 10, describes what being premier has meant to the man he believes strived tirelessly for the common good...
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 Touch of the emperorTim Hames Tony Blair has been accused of assuming more powers to himself than almost any prime minister before him. But while his radical credentials are not in doubt, he was often simply a pragmatist, responding to the new demands of the new century... | New Labour?s true coloursConor GeartyThe latter half of the Blair years following 9/11 have been dominated by concerns about terrorism. Here, Tony Blair?s former adviser on terrorism law reflects on how the Prime Minister?s authoritarian and populist bent countered his previous liberalism...
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That difficult ageEmily DavisThere is a tendency to shy away from working with teenagers: many people just don?t feel equipped or confident enough to do it. But there is a wide range of available
materials to draw on, and much youthful enthusiasm waiting to be tapped
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|  Best bet for a memorialDominic Prince Dominic Prince discovers the lengths to which some punters will go to ensure that their bookie is trustworthy, and commemorates a horse-racing friend in an unusual and appropriate way... |
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Columnists
 Libby Purves?Ashes to scatter whitely on the sea fit in with a more airy, vague spirituality?  Laurence Freeman?Light here, especially when refracted through the ferns, has a green-gold glow?
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Books and arts
China’s diplomatic evangelists Free
Journey to the East: the Jesuit mission to China, 1579-1724
Liam Matthew Brockey
This is an admirable piece of scholarly research into one of the most challenging missionary endeavours ever undertaken. The title is the mirror image of the journey to the West ... |
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Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms?
Elena Curti
The clear message that emerged from the symposium on child sexual abuse held in Rome from ... Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools?
Christopher Lamb
According to the chairman of governors at the Cardinal Vaughan School, west London, one ... Goodwin the scapegoat
Elena Curti
There was an old Sixties TV series, Branded, about a disgraced soldier that always began ...
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