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Britain will never stick with a Con-Lib pact

Nick Clegg thinks a hung Parliament offers a bold new way to govern. The voters would see it as a failure

• Matthew Parris

No more Mr Nice Guy. Let’s get the wives out

Samantha Cameron isn’t there to humanise her husband but to match the sainted Sarah as a vote-winner

• Janice Turner

Reservoir ducks: too chilly for Tarantino

Abberton Reservoir will not be as good for birds as it was before alteration. It will be better.

• Simon Barnes

Columnists  

Four exorcisms a day. Yes, it’s a devil of a job

Are you suffering from diabolical possession? Do you need liberating from evil? The Vatican can help

• Giles Coren

Afraid, alone, but good came of my captivity

I never felt close to God during my four years in solitary, but I learnt my light side could win over the dark

• Terry Waite

Love and science, not morality, tell the Venables story

Children can grieve and sob in your arms for childhoods lost. Then hope gives them a renewed will to live

• Camila Batmanghelidjh

Leading articles

Tricks of the Trade

British firms lead the way in financial services but criticism in the report on the collapse of Lehmans reminds them to follow the example of Sir Brian Pitman

Without Peer

The case against Baroness Uddin fell for the bad reason that the rules are so vague

Votes for Women

Should Sam Cameron and Sarah Brown be standing by their men, or instead of them?

Faith  

Protest at mosque that will overlook Sandhurst

Churches claim that plans for a new place of worship with a large dome and 30m minarets send out a political message

Sexual apartheid causes suffering

The proposed amendment to the Equality Bill allowing gay civil partnerships on religious premises won't stop the despair felt by many homosexuals

Dalai Lama ‘tweets for a better world’

Tibet’s spiritual leader becomes latest religious figure to appear on Twitter - and he already has 140,000 folllowers

Pope to make pilgrimage to Spain

The Vatican announces that the Pope will consecrate the unfinished Sagrada Familia temple in Barcelona in November

Obituaries  

Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi

Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, who championed the rights of women

Patrick O’Connor

Writer, critic, broadcaster and connoisseur of opera, song and music theatre who believed in entertaining his friends

David Kimche

Israeli spymaster who helped groom the military dictator Idi Amin and was one of the founders of Mossad in the 1950s

Lesley Lewis

Art historian and founding student of the Courtauld Institute who served on many influential heritage bodies

Join the Debate  

Scientists to re-examine 150 years of climate data

Massive reassessment is an attempt by climate scientists to regain public trust after spate of recent scandals

Teachers attack school 'parent power' plan

Teaching bodies attack Gordon Brown's plans to give parents the power to demand regime change in struggling schools

Pupils swot for the ultimate spelling test

The Times Spelling Bee starts next month, and 1,000 secondary schools from all over the UK are taking part in the championship

Anglican Church 'could split permanently'

Archbishop of Canterbury calls on the Church of England and Anglicans to step back from a 'betrayal' of God’s mission