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• The Prevent scheme, fundamentalism in Nigeria, and mourning David Bowie

  The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

• “The gap between rich and poor isn’t just about the billionaires”

  A Q&A with moral philosopher Peter Singer.

• Gandhi in South Africa, the appeal of makeup, and sharia law

  The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

• The unlikely rise of Flat Earthism

  Recent media reports suggest that an increasing number of people believe the Earth is flat.

• The trouble with "one per cent feminism"

  A Q&A with Dawn Foster, author of a new book that challenges corporate feminism.

• Robots, Big Brother, and the death of the sun

  The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

• In a word: charter

  Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.

• New Humanist's best long-reads of 2015

  The refugee crisis, the death of British satire, and a journey to the centre of the Earth: our top 10 long-reads.

• What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others?

  A Q&A with Larissa MacFarquhar, author of a new book about moral extremity.

• Empathy, capitalism, and an atheist sermon

  The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.