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- The Blair-Hitch project (by Matthew Adams, November 2010)
- Hitchens debating religion with Blair in Toronto was a heavyweight contest worth staying up for. Matthew Adams keeps the scores
- Science, God's Philosophers and the Dark Ages (by Charles Freeman, November 2010)
- The claims made by James Hannam regarding the birth of modern science in the Middle Ages do not stand up to scrutiny, says Charles Freeman
- In defence of God's Philosophers (by James Hannam, November 2010)
- Historian James Hannam responds to Charles Freeman's critique of his book on the medieval foundations of modern science, which was nominated for the Royal Society's prize for science books
- Why God's Philosophers did not deserve to be shortlisted for the Royal Society prize (by Charles Freeman, October 2010)
- James Hannam's book is a good read but presents a distorted view of the medieval period and the development of science that suits his Catholic agenda, claims Charles Freeman.
- Film review: Eat Pray Love (by Fred Rowson, October 2010)
- Fred Rowson peers into the abyss
- Friends like these (by Ophelia Benson, October 2010)
- Attacks on New Atheism, especially from fellow atheists, are ill-advised, counter productive and play into the hands of the religion apologists, argues Ophelia Benson
- Banned: the hidden censorship of children's books (by Anne Rooney, September 2010)
- Tibet, sausages and masturbating mice – as Banned Book Week begins, Anne Rooney explores the hidden restrictions on what your children read
- Film review: The Last Exorcism (by Fred Rowson, September 2010)
- This horror mockumentary is both charming and frightening, says Fred Rowson. But didn't somebody already do an exorcism movie?
- Faith in the market (by Belinda Webb, September 2010)
- Useless tat has long played a part in Catholic life – and now the Church itself is getting in on the act, says Belinda Webb
- Sins of the Father (by Matthew Adams, September 2010)
- Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson tells Matthew Adams why the Pope must take responsibility for the crisis in his Church
- Mint on the breath (by Mark Say, September 2010)
- A corrupt priest, an abused child, a knife. The dreadful consequences of clerical child abuse unfold in a specially written short story by Mark Say
- Book review: Raising Dust by Nicholas Rowe (by Andrew Mueller, September 2010)
- This study of Palestinian dance provides a rare insight into the lives of the region's people, says Andrew Mueller
- Doing fine now (by Julian Baggini, August 2010)
- Is the glass half full? Half empty? Just be glad you’ve got a drink says Julian Baggini
- Growing up godless (by Catie Wilkins, August 2010)
- “Should you tell your four-year-old you believe we are all alone in a godless universe? My Dad did, and I turned out OK. Discounting the fact I am a comedian..." Catie Wilkins on her atheist upbringing
- Film review: Inception (by Fred Rowson, August 2010)
- Christopher Nolan has created a rare thing – an intelligent summer blockbuster. If only the details were as inspiring as the ideas, says Fred Rowson
- Film review: Lourdes (by Fred Rowson, July 2010)
- Behind its restrained seriousness, this dramatisation of a disabled woman's pilgrimage has a vicious sense of humour, says Fred Rowson
- For uselessness! (by Nina Power, June 2010)
- In the UK the axe is falling on philosophy departments. Nina Power reports from the frontline
- Film review: Four Lions (by Fred Rowson, May 2010)
- A film that laughs at suicide bombers but doesn't offend anyone? Chris Morris's big screen debut is the mouse that didn't roar, says Fred Rowson
- Why Faisal Shahzad bombed Times Square (by Pervez Hoodbhoy, May 2010)
- Blame Pakistan’s simmering anti-Americanism, says Pervez Hoodbhoy
- Pissing in the wind? (by Anne Rooney, May 2010)
- From brain surgery to climate change Ian McEwan has made scientific literacy fashionable. But will it save us, asks Anne Rooney.
- Film review: Shutter Island (by Fred Rowson, March 2010)
- There's nothing wrong with pulp but why has Scorsese dressed it up with technique, asks Fred Rowson
- Film review: The Book of Eli & The Road (by Fred Rowson, January 2010)
- Fred Rowson tours the wasted landscape of two new versions of the end of the world
- No brainer (by Sam Harris, January 2010)
- Raymond Tallis's criticism of my research either very stupid or a hoax, says Sam Harris
- I am not a God-spotter (by Bruce Hood, January 2010)
- Bruce Hood denies he is the reductionist Raymond Tallis claims
- Champions of free speech? (by Simon Garnett, January 2010)
- Writing in New Humanist, Sherry Jones says Serbs have embraced the Jewel of Medina because they know the value of free expression. But could the reasons be more profane? asks Simon Garnett
- How to defend the Enlightenment (by AC Grayling, January 2010)
- A full transcript of the discussion between Anthony Grayling and Tzvetan Todorov in London, December 2009
