COLUMN

7 CL I F FORD LONGLEY

‘Bishop Bill, as everyone calls him, has been the victim of a grave miscarriage of justice’

9 CHRISTOPHER HOWSE’S

PRESSWATCH ‘The Dalai Lama’s oracular status has penetrated even The Sun’

1 2 P E T ER HENNESSY’S

THE LION AND THE UNICORN ‘The word in Whitehall has been that Mr Cameron wants a way out of Lords reform’

1 3 PARISH PRACTICE 1 4 NOTEBOOK 1 5 L ETTERS 1 6 THE L I V I NG S P I R I T 1 7 PUZZLES

BOOKS

1 8 EAMON DUFFY

Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel

J UDITH WOLFE The Face of God Roger Scruton

LAURA KENWORTHY Absolution Patrick Flanery

ARTS

2 1 F EATURE

Lucy Wooding Royal Devotion, Lambeth Palace Library

THEATRE Mark Lawson Belong

C I NEMA Francine Stock Even the Rain

T E L EV I S I ON John Morrish 56 Up

CONTENTS

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F EATURES

COVER STORY

4 Trafficking’s human face Laura Sheahen

Many vulnerable girls in Nepal are tricked into leaving home and working as prostitutes by women in their own communities 4 Conference on human trade Kevin Hyland

How to tackle the second largest criminal enterprise after the arms trade was the topic at a church-organised gathering in Rome 6 Shared space – a gem of an idea Barney White-Spunner and Thomas Tugendhat The Diamond Jubilee could be the moment for ancient divisions to be healed by Anglican churches opening to other denominations

8 Tormentor on my doorstep Terry Tastard

One priest’s offer of food to a homeless man led to a prolonged ordeal of harassment that drove the benefactor to the brink of insanity 1 0 Power to the people Greg Clark

Restoring local control to the great cities of England will lead to enhanced prosperity for them, says the Minister for Cities 1 1 Our takeaway children Paul Vallely

The recent case of sexual grooming of underage girls in Rochdale has raised questions about whether culture led to the men’s crime

■ SPRING EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT

S 1 Schools that feed a need Jeremy Sutcliffe

How poorer pupils are missing out when free meals go unclaimed S 2 The teachers who inspired me Clare Short S 3 Let’s hear it for girl power Peter Henriot

Why the Jesuits set up a co-educational school in rural Malawi S 4 Accentuate the positive Victoria Combe

The mother of a dyslexic child on her hunt for a suitable education S 6 Setting up a stall for God Tony Currer

A university chaplaincy offers students a different perspective on life S 8 School report Christopher Lamb

2 5 THE CHURCH I N THE WORLD

Morality to fore in US presidential race 2 9 NEWS FROM BRITAIN AND I RELAND

Bishop sacks trustees who oppose redundancy plan 3 3 OBITUARY Phyllis Bowman

COVER PHOTO: KATIE ORLINSKY

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