Page 7, 19th August 1994

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Scripture Notebook

BY FR CHARLES DILKE REMAINS OF TEMPLES AND sacred standing stones show that Shechem, the site of our first reading (Joshua 24), is a very ancient holy place, goi back much......

Breaking The Habit To Write

Rachel Campbell-Johnston meets ex-nun and first novelist Jenny Newman 1 11 ENNY NEWMAN IS a lecturer in English Literature. She is also editor of The Faber Book of Seductions......

Should Thy Name Really Be Banned For All Time?

A church court has just supported a vicar who refused to allow the word 'Dad' on his gravestones. Fr Stephen Troll explains why the decision is the right one. LAST WEM AN......

Inner Life

BY RAYNER TORKINGTON The eagle has risen I'M NOT A WIMP when it Comes to weather. You can't afford to be if you want to go birdwatching in the Western Isles. But when two......