The Moral Agenda

A Nation Of Saints And Sinners

Frank Füredi asks why the private grief of the Dunblane parents and Frances Lawrence has been turned into a public institution

Who Needs Parent Education?

Domestic privacy could soon be a privilege you earn by proving to the authorities that you are fit to be a parent, warns Wendy Earle

Who's Afraid Of Schoolchildren?

The teachers' campaign to exclude disruptive pupils suggests that it is the scapegoating that is getting out of control, says Claire Fox

Unholy Orders

Why are the Christian churches, reeling from scandal to crisis, incapable even of preaching to the converted? In this Christmas special, lapsed Catholic Mark Ryan looks into the loss of faith

4 Editorial

6 Letters

8 Taboos: Who needs parent education? Wendy Earle

11 Ann Bradley

12 A nation of saints and sinners Frank Füredi

14 Who's afraid of schoolchildren? Claire Fox

16 Stan Bowles: confessions of a footballer Dominic Standish

18 Stressed out on campus? Jennie Bristow

21 A year of living dangerously Andrew Calcutt

22 US election puts politics aside James Heartfield

24 Unholy orders Mark Ryan

27 Second opinion Dr Michael Fitzpatrick

28 The Net: 'I'm against censorship, but...' Chris Ellison

31 Zaire: no refuge from the West Bernadette Gibson

34 Futures: New Food No Danger John Gillott

37 Signs of the Times

38 Living:

• The joys of gun clubs
• James Bond
• Motors

• Aid as imperialism
• The Meaning of Race: Race, History and Culture in Western Society