New Humanist: Clarify your thinking
Cover of New Humanist Volume 0 Issue 6 November/December 2010

Volume 125 Issue 6 November/December 2010

Editorial: oh we of little faith
Are faith and religion necessarily intertwined?

Cover Story

Is it time for atheist schools?
Francis Beckett outlines his proposal for Britain's first avowedly humanist state school

Columns

Tibet's small exercise in democracy
Tibet must find a secular alternative to being led by a dalai lama … said the Dalai Lama to Isabel Hilton
Chown's Cosmos: Cloudy with a chance of hexagons
Why is there a six-sided cloud on Saturn’s north pole? wonders Marcus Chown
Q&A: Harry Kroto
Nobel-prize winning chemist Harry Kroto talks Buckyballs and belief
Don't fall into the faith school trap
Responding to Francis Beckett's proposal for a humanist school, Rabbi Jonathan Romain of the Accord Coalition warns of the risks of endorsing religious segregation in education

Features

Antichrist
Likeable anarchist, modest Übermensch, atheist preacher – Jonathan Rée is delighted by the paradoxical philosopher
Heathen's greetings
They thought it was a joke when Robin Ince said he was going to mix atheism, comedy and Christmas. But, reports Stephanie Merritt, he’s having the last laugh
Calm down, old boy: Laurie Taylor interviews Simon Heffer
Telegraph thunderer Simon Heffer reveals to Laurie Taylor what it’s like being right
Faith in schools?
Thanks largely to immigration, religious belief is making a comeback in our schools. Should we be concerned? Jim Mulligan visits Ed Miliband’s old school to find out.
Who won the Pope wars?
Catholics, secularists, protestors, pilgrims and provocateurs all claimed victory after the Pontiff’s recent visit. Paul Sims assesses the final score
Against humanism
Of course we should love, honour and cherish our species, says Mary Midgley. But should we have to worship it too?

Regulars

Diary: What did the Romans ever do for us?
Nothing, it turns out. They did it all for themselves, the selfish so-and-sos. Natalie Haynes explains
Endgame: Now let us praise me
Laurie Taylor drowns in compliments

Culture

What's the big deal?
From poker to Shithead, Canasta to cribbage, Sally Feldman extols the joys and rewards of card games
People get ready
A new exhibition of James Barnor’s photography provides a route-map of Afro-Modernism. Kobena Mercer gets it in focus

Book Reviews

Book Review: The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence by Susie Linfield
Max Houghton is impressed by the wide angle of Susie Linfield's moral vision
Book review: The Honour Code by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Stephen Howe decodes Anthony Appiah
Book review: Capital Affairs by Frank Mort
Louise Foxcroft exposes the dirty secrets of '50s London
Book review: The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong
Andrew Mueller enters the world of consultancy
Book Review: Richard by Ben Myers
Owen Hatherley enjoys a novel view of the Manics
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