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Q&A: Andy Hamilton (by Editorial Staff, January/February 2012 ): Comedian and writer Andy Hamilton on being a ‘wavering agnostic’ with sympathy for the Devil
Q&A: Al Murray (by Editorial Staff, November/December 2011 ): The Oxford-educated, history-loving comedian behind the hugely popular Pub Landlord tells New Humanist what it’s like living with the nation’s favourite guv’nor
Slayer of religion (by Matthew Adams, July/August 2011 ): For critic James Wood the novel offers an antidote to unforgiving certainties, sacred and profane. Matthew Adams meets him
Ways of seeing John Berger (by Laurie Taylor, July/August 2011 ): Marxist, novelist, art historian, farmer, philosopher, artist, object of reverance, provocateur: Laurie Taylor looks at the 85-year-old polymath from every angle
Trace elements: Laurie Taylor interviews Stuart Hall (by Laurie Taylor, May/June 2011 ): Stuart Hall talks to Laurie Taylor about race, relativism and revolution
Q&A: Tim Minchin (by Editorial Staff, July/August 2010 ): As he prepares for his first ever arena tour, we catch up with rising rationalist star Tim Minchin
On the trail of the red pilgrims (by Caspar Melville, March/April 2009 ): The philosopher Michail Ryklin tells Caspar Melville what really motivated communism's faithful followers
Uncertainty principle (by Laurie Taylor, November/December 2008 ): Alexei Sayle tells Laurie Taylor why he no longer has to be right all the time
The genius myth: Laurie Taylor interviews Lisa Jardine (by Laurie Taylor, July/August 2008 ): Lisa Jardine tells Laurie Taylor why she believes in doubt, precision and uncertainty
Interview: Watching David Attenborough (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2008 ): Laurie Taylor turns the microscope on to the man who’s brought us life on earth, in the freezer, under the oceans and in the undergrowth
Slapstick and pratfalls: Laurie Taylor interviews John Mortimer (by Laurie Taylor, November/December 2006 ): John Mortimer tells Laurie Taylor why old age is a farce
The story so far: Laurie Taylor interviews Michael Frayn (by Laurie Taylor, September/October 2006 ): Counting, categorising, complexity. Michael Frayn offers Laurie Taylor his version of the human condition
Culture's revenge: Laurie Taylor interviews Stuart Hall (by Laurie Taylor, March/April 2006 ): Disillusioned but not defeated, Stuart Hall talks to Laurie Taylor about the limits of liberalism
Going nowhere: Laurie Taylor interviews John Gray (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2006 ): Progress is an illusion and liberal humanists are adolescent romantics. John Gray tells Laurie Taylor why he believes we're all deluded
An extremely brief history of time (by Richard Harris, November/December 2005 ): Dr Jonathan Swingler is head of the Engineering Department at the University of Southampton. He has been a creationist since he was 18, the same age at which he began studying physics. Richard Harris finds out what he believes
No more Mr Nice Guy: Laurie Taylor on Michael Ignatieff (by Laurie Taylor, September/October 2005 ): Having lost his seat in a disastrous election Michael Ignatieff resigns as leader of the Liberal Party and exits Canadian politics. In this piece from 2005 Laurie Taylor looks at where it all started to go wrong... Once a liberal pin-up and intellectual leader of the global human rights movement, Michael Ignatieff has now fallen out with some of his closest friends. Laurie Taylor tracks an acrimonious battle
Serious intent: Laurie Taylor interviews Isabel Hilton (by Laurie Taylor, July/August 2005 ): Acclaimed journalist Isabel Hilton talks to Laurie Taylor about China, democracy, dictatorships and her passion to represent those at the bottom of the heap
Alehouse rock: Laurie Taylor interviews Tom Baker (by Laurie Taylor, March/April 2005 ): Tom Baker takes Laurie Taylor on a pub crawl
Carbolic and Confession: Laurie Taylor interviews Helena Kennedy (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2005 ): Helena Kennedy tells Laurie Taylor about her Catholic childhood in Glasgow and the roots of her passion for justice
The Golden Rule of Compassion: Laurie Taylor interviews Karen Armstrong (by Laurie Taylor, November/December 2004 ): Karen Armstrong tells Laurie Taylor that religion is more about doing than believing
Anarchist with attitude: Laurie Taylor interviews Linda Smith (by Laurie Taylor, September/October 2004 ): Comedian Linda Smith, who died in 2006, was the president of the British Humanist Association. In this interview from 2004 she talks to Laurie Taylor about atheism, authority and her passion for pricking pomposity
The other side of the street: Laurie Taylor interviews Stan Cohen (by Laurie Taylor, July/August 2004 ): He has spent his life analysing and opposing injustice and inhumanity. Sociologist Stan Cohen talks to Laurie Taylor about torture, social control and our extraordinary capacity to deny
Learning to fly: Laurie Taylor interviews Ralph Steadman (by Laurie Taylor, May/June 2004 ): Ralph Steadman tells Laurie Taylor how he became such a bother
'That's for the fellahs!': Laurie Taylor interviews Beryl Bainbridge (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2004 ): Beryl Bainbridge, who died on 2 July, talked to Laurie Taylor in 2004, about death, religion and the novelist's search for higher meaning
Ziggy Stardust (by Orlando Radice, January/February 2004 ): Orlando Radice learns about love from the grand old man of sociology
Brain Box (by Deire Brehan, Winter 2002 ): Susan Greenfield tells Daire Brehan why religion beats the void (and football)
Walking in the Dark: Laurie Taylor interviews Jonathan Miller (by Laurie Taylor, Winter 2002 ): Laurie Taylor discovers what it's like to be Jonathan Miller
Coffee Break (by Shirley Dent, Summer 2002 ): Shirley Dent talks to Claire Rayner
The Meccano Man (by Shirley Dent, Spring 2002 ): Professor Sir Harry Kroto talks to Shirley Dent about humanism, incredible molecules and building a better world.
Space for laughs (by Matthew Adams, Web Exclusive, March 2011): As comedian Helen Keen’s Radio 4 series on the history of rocket science begins, she tells Matthew Adams why it’s a subject with room for the serious and the absurd
The man who would be God: an interview with AC Grayling (by Matthew Adams, Web Exclusive, April 2011): Anthony Grayling's latest book is his most daring. He has rewritten the Bible, leaving out God. Matthew Adams meets him