Volume 124

Issue 1: January/February 2009

Cover story: Angela Saini meets the greens who are finally embracing nuclear power, a reliance on faith groups endangers trafficked women says Rahila Gupta, Russian artist Anna Alchuk was destroyed by state-sponsored religious fanaticism says her husband Michail Ryklin, there's no excuse for a New Atheist revision of history says Theodore Dalrymple, could the blogosphere herald an end to Iranian apathy? asks Nasrin Alavi, religious bigotry is blocking Israeli hopes of peace finds Sally Feldman, for poet Ruth Padel Darwin's 200th birthday is a family celebration, Mark LeVine visits the hard rockers of the Arab world, new towns could transform the future says Owen Hatherley, for photographer Santu Mofokeng the ghosts of apartheid are everywhere, PLUS: Find out which deluded fantasist walked away with our prestigious Bad Faith Award, Christina Martin on the reaction to our God Trumps game, Brenda Maddox enjoys some Renaissance history, James Randerson encounters a strange legend of physics, Philip Womack barely survives the tedium of a new Chinese novel, Bill Thompson gets down with the teenagers, Andrew Mueller enjoys some journalism with a human touch, Nina Power considers complicity in Iraq . . .

Issue 2: March/April 2009

Cover story: The West can topple African tyrants with a spot of coup diplomacy, says Paul Collier, Russian philosopher Michail Ryklin talks to Caspar Melville about the faith at the heart of communism, Ian Williams looks ahead to the UN's big anti-racism jamboree, is tabloid muckraking really important to democracy? asks Julian Petley, Nick Cohen visits liberal Britain on its sickbed, Christina Martin and Martin Rowson bring you twelve more faiths and their foibles in God Trumps Part II, Francis Beckett on how the miners' strike of 1984 changed British politics forever, Martin Cloonan on the sinister uses and abuses of music, is jealousy an intrinsic part of human nature? asks Sally Feldman, Steven Lukes on the secular basis for judging others, fifty years on CP Snow's vision for the humanities lives on, says Eliane Glaser, what kind of books do online pundits write asks Stephen Howe, PLUS: Natalie Haynes finds even geeks can be offended, Laurie Taylor stands up for himself, AC Grayling wants religion out of science for good, Bill Thompson finds out what Google would do, Philip Womack grapples with a controversial epic, Lindsay Johns is impressed by Kenan Malik's take on Rushdie and race, Jenny Bunker never quite learns what really killed Socrates...

Issue 3: May/June 2009

Cover story: Can the government prevent home-grown extremism? Paul Sims investigates, is the cloth-cap economy really a thing of the past? asks Kevin Doogan, New Humanist visits the Mustard Seed secular school in Uganda, embrace GM food and we can help fight hunger says Angela Saini, Owen Hatherley stands up for blogging, Roger Davidson raises a glass to Tom Paine, Caspar Melville hears the Economist line on belief, Sally Feldman uncovers the myriad shades of lipstick, it's time to regain faith in universal values says Kenan Malik, Michael Neumann laments the death of English liberty, Edgar Allan Poe has much to teach humanists says Nick Mamatas, PLUS David Aaronovitch on why people love conspiracy theories, Michael Bywater on the tragedy of online porn, how Laurie Taylor was nearly Russell Crowe, Stephen Howe on a snarling study of South Africa, Benjamin Noys discovers the modern mutations of eugenics, Nina Power tires of Slavoj Žižek and his monstrous essays, Marcus Chown learns how the Catholic Church silenced Galileo, Philip Womack is blown away by Hilary Mantel's historical epic...

Issue 4: July/August 2009

Interview: Laurie Taylor tackles Terry Eagleton, the child abuse scandal has finally opened Irish eyes says Newton Emerson, R Joseph Hoffman traces the fall of leading American humanist Paul Kurtz, the real missing link in the Ida story is that between modern science and PR says Kenan Malik, Jonathan Rée assesses the legacy of Isaiah Berlin, Crispin Robinson explains why he has become initiated in an Afro-Cuban drumming cult, the language of morality has been hijacked by the Right argues Susan Neiman, Danny Postel discovers how humanism goes down with the kids, Fiona Russell Powell tracks down cult-rocker and "living work of art" Genesis P-Orridge, PLUS: find out what kind of humanist you are in our summer quiz, Brenda Maddox on a fitting secular funeral for her late husband Sir John, Michael Bywater takes on the corporations with Douglas Rushkoff, Philip Womack praises a formidable Egyptian novel, Nina Power on a good Dark Ages argument made for the wrong reasons, Louise Foxcroft is perplexed by a book that squeezes the life out of the Black Death, Andrew Mueller appreciates a note-perfect history of recorded musicAND: Free with the print magazine - part one of our limited edition God Trumps pack. Subscribe to get yours: http://newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe

Issue 5: September/October 2009

The ugly truth behind the Muslim creationist Adnan Oktar, Paul Sims visits Britain's biblical zoo, Newton Emerson on the backroom dealing behind Ireland's new blasphemy law, Adam Kuper on how Darwin's incest anxieties spurred his science, Sally Feldman on the sacredness of Sundays, Roger Davidson visits Christianity's big shop of horrors, Jonathan Reé remembers Lescek Kolakowski, Simon Blackburn ponders what evolution means for philosophy, Nina Power revisits postmodernism, Laurie Taylor reviews reader's responses to Terry Eagleton, Danny Postel takes advice from Robert Bellah and Marshall Berman on bringing up free thinking kids and Roger Scruton makes the case for religious education PLUS: Brenda Maddox visits the brothels of Georgian London, Bill Thompson sees a sci-fi writer grow up, Owen Hatherley celebrates Ernst Bloch, Simon Singh reviews a new book on climate change and Philip Womack is impressed by a terse new novel by MJ Hyland. AND: Free with the print magazine - part two of our limited edition God Trumps pack. Subscribe to get yours: http://newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe

Issue 6: November/December 2009

Cover story: Raymond Tallis dissects the rise of neuro-trash, Richard Herring praises the runner-up Messiah, Keith Porteous Wood explains how he got the Vatican running for cover, JS Mill is the enlightened infidel we need today, says Jonathan Rée, Caspar Melville talks to Manning Marable about Obama, Katrina and post-racial America, four years after his wife’s trial for offending the Orthodox Church, Michail Ryklin revisits a familiar courthouse, Sally Feldman celebrates the fossil hunter, Mary Anning, what’s an AIDS denialist? Seth Kalichman explains all, Dawkins triggered some elegant defences of God, but do they stand up to scrutiny? Richard Norman puts them to the test, Fred Inglis on the noble tradition of practical British philosophy, The Museum of Everything collects the work of the world’s forgotten artists, Roger Davidson tunes in to the TV sitcom that dares to laugh at Islam, it’s not just authors who lose over censorship, says Sherry Jones, Elizabeth Wilson on two new books breathing live back into feminism, Stephen Howe on a new history of the Arabs, Louise Foxcroft finds a portrait of famous hypochondriacs really hits a nerve, Keith Kahn-Harris enjoys Barbara Ehrenreich’s antidote to positive thinking, Owen Hatherley finds Žižek actually making sense...

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