•We explore the parallels between Fr Damien embracing leprosy over a hundred years ago when it was incurable, and Dr Khan doing the same with the modern scourge of the Ebola virus.
•John Cameron reviews an amusing but profound book on the problems of translating books like the Bible.
•As the Commonwealth Games close, Gail examines the ideals which lie behind the Commonwealth.
•Andrew Barr takes us from the Commonwealth Games to this weekend’s commemoration of the centenary of the first World War.
•And we mark the centenary of the War with children visiting the war graves and the letters of a soldier to his family right up to his death at the end of the war.
•We catch up on the religious news headlines of the week from Gaza to Africa and the Ukraiine.
