Articles by subject: obituary

Life laid waste (by Jonathan Rée, September/October 2009 ): The exiled Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski died in Oxford in July, at the age of 81. Jonathan Rée examines the legacy of a disillusioned socialist humanist
Religion is bullshit (by Robin Ince, July/August 2008 ): From philosophy to fart jokes George Carlin always got there first, says Robin Ince
Deep-boned sadness (by Caspar Melville, May/June 2007 ): Caspar Melville remembers a melancholic master, the novelist Kurt Vonnegut
Hermann Bondi, 1919 - 2005 (by Jane Wynne Willson, November/December 2005 ): Jane Wynne Willson remembers an extraordinary man
Scholarship and humanity: Sir Raymond Firth (by Editorial Staff, Summer 2002 ): Jim Herrick celebrates the life of a staunch humanist
Obituary: Harold Blackham (by Editorial Staff, Web Exclusive, January 2009): Harold John Blackham, prominent British and international humanist and founder of the British Humanist Association, has died at the age of 105
India would have been a better place without Sathya Sai Baba (by Sanal Edamaruku, Web Exclusive, April 2011): Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku on the final debunking of a guru
The mind ironic (by Matthew Adams, Web Exclusive, December 2011): Matthew Adams remembers winning a £10 bet, and gaining a lifetime's inspiration from Christopher Hitchens
Blots on a landscape (by Martin Rowson, Web Exclusive, January 2012): Martin Rowson on the genius of Ronald Searle’s line