After years of struggle with his faith and dispair at the church's in-fighting and repressive attitude to sex, fomer bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway left religion behind. Caspar Melville hears his confession
The appalling case of Kristy Bamu, tortured to death for being a witch, suggests belief in malign spirits is becoming widespread in Britain. Sarah Ditum explores what is being done to protect the vulnerable
Exploitative religious fringe groups are on the rise in the UK. What should we do about it? James Gray reports
In his powerful new book, The Young Atheist’s Handbook, Alom Shaha challenges young Muslims to be honest if they don’t believe, and calls on organised atheism to broaden its appeal beyond an intellectual elite. Here he explains why he wrote it
The front runners are men, but could a woman born more than half a millennium ago hold the key to the French elections? asks Sally Feldman
In their increasingly desperate fight against equal marriage, Christian campaigners will use any argument to mask their homophobia. Which is why they're holding me up as the figurehead of an unlikely cause, says Martin Robbins
A motley minority of moralists have launched an assault on British secularism. Bad move, says Paul Sims
Humanist parent Myra Zepf confronts the perils of the Easter festivities
The MP for West Bromwich East and Deputy Chair of the Labour Party Tom Watson has made his name as the relentless pursuer of tabloid hackers as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, even comparing James Murdoch to a mafia boss. We hacked into his private thoughts to find out what makes him tick
Spirituality is central to the Twelve Step programme. But when Frank B reached rock bottom, he discovered that even the godless can be saved