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REGULARS 3] Editorial The real new media 6] Parish news 8 ] Yours sceptically Readers’ letters 17] Not my cup of tea Chris Maslanka’s quiz 50] Endgame Laurie Taylor flexes his muscles

FEATURES 10] Torch bearers Politics, religion and money can never overshadow the sheer drama of sport, says Paul Sims 15] Mistaken identity Both sides are wrong in the race debate, says Kenan Malik

24] Interview: The genius myth Lisa Jardine tells Laurie Taylor why she believes in doubt, precision and uncertainty 28] Caution, falling moguls Michael Bywater searches for clues to the real Woody Allen 31] Magical mystery tour Natalie Haynes is a stranger in the empire of woo 34] Gender traitors From anti-suffragists to antifeminists, why do some women turn on their sex? asks Sally Feldman 38] On neutral ground Liberalism can allow the devout and the faithless to get along, says Paul Kelly 41] Roots Caspar Melville unknots the dread-ful history of a hairstyle

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