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"There is no harmony in the universe. We have to get used to this idea that there is no real harmony as we have conceived it. But, when I say this, I say this in all admiration for the jungle. It is not that I hate it. I love it, I love it very much. But I love it against my better judgement.” Just what kind of humanist is Werner Herzog? Fred Rowson has a go at explaining

Early Christmas Present: Tickets are now on sale for our third annual Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People shows at London's Bloomsbury Theatre. More dates and acts will be announced in the coming weeks but last year all shows sold out before the end of the summer so if you want to see Robin Ince, Brian Cox, Simon Singh, Jo Neary, Marcus Chown, Ben Goldacre and a host of special guest, book now (Extra night just added, Dec 19 - but hurry going fast)

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Film review: Lourdes (July 2010): Behind its restrained seriousness, this dramatisation of a disabled woman's pilgrimage has a vicious sense of humour, says Fred Rowson

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Gove on atheist free schools - missing the point? (29 July): Speaking before the education select committee yesterday, education secretary Michael Gove suggested he would welcome the opening of atheist free schools under the new Academies Act. Referring to Richard Dawkins' remarks during a recent web chat with users of the website Mumsnet, in which he responded to a suggestion that... Read full post Gove on atheist free schools - missing the point?

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Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People (November/December 2008): Now in its third year, our Christmas shows are becoming an institution. Curator Robin Ince explains the origins of our yuletide rationalist romp, and past performers Ricky Gervais, Simon Singh, Richard Herring, Natalie Haynes and Ben Goldacre with some seasonally inappropriate winterval witterings

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Cover of New Humanist Sept/Oct 2009 New Humanist is published by the Rationalist Association, a charity dedicated to promoting rationalism, humanism and evidence-based discussions of contemporary issues. Our President is Jonathan Miller.

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