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Just a week ago Hillary Clinton seemed destined for the White House. Now, it seems the race is going to be an awful lot closer. The FBI's reopening of the Clinton email investigation has given Trump's campaign a much-needed boost, with suggestions that evangelicals, previously upset by allegations regarding his treatment of women, are now giving him a second chance, perhaps even believing that he has the "Cyrus syndrome".

A reference to Cyrus the Great, the king mentioned more than 30 times in the Bible who, while not "of God", was believed to have been doing the work of God - an annointed one.

From texts and tweets and a myriad of other media the world has never been so innundated with words yet literacy rates are not significantly improving. Just how is it possible for someone to leave school unable to read or write? How and why is the system failing so many?

Death becomes us - is it time we accepted our fate? In a challenging interview north Belfast parish priest Father Eugene O'Neill states his belief that a death should be as welcome as a birth.

The edge of reason - Julian Baggini explains the thinking behind his new book which celebrates the power of reason which he describes as the best hope - indeed the only hope - for dealing with the intractable quagmires of our time.

The Sunday papers with Liz Kennedy and Gerry Miller.