PASSION AND PRECISION: Lord ReesMogg in Me and My God, Page 7

HOSTAGE ORDEAL: Eric Jacobson recalls his 18 month wait for the release of his father, kidnapped by extremists in Lebanon, page 7 VATICAN II VISION: Michael Barnes SJ on the foresight of Nostra Aetate, the declaration on relations with other faiths, page 5 FASHION SHOW: Joanna Moorhead on the sartorial elegance and firm commitment offered by clerical outfitters Vanpoulles, page 5 LOVE IN THE ECONOMY: Paul Goodman on papal analyses to stand alongside Adam Smith, Milton Friedman and Karl Marx, page 6 AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE UNIVERSE: tall stories from Youghal. Charterhouse, page 10
IN RETROSPECT: Fr Hugh Lavery, on our inability to spell, page 4
PLUS: School report on the challenge to primary education; Poland's presidential race; and Ronald Rolheiser on sad love songs