Paul Mason on social media and consciousness; reflections on Charlie Hebdo; witchcraft in Russia; war and religion; Selma, Broadchurch, the novels of Elena Ferrante and much more...
Kenan Malik’s ambitious new history of ethics makes the case that they are not.
The cuckoo’s nest: Philip Pullman's essay on reading, writing, and the imagination.
Mohsin Hamid's new book argues that pluralism, one of the greatest gifts of globalisation, has been turned into an enemy concept
For many people, jobs are boring, low-paid, humiliating and increasingly scarce. New Humanist asks three young writers: what if we just did away with them?
Bertrand Russell's legacy, Tim Minchin, the New Atheism, and cosmic myths.
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
Phillip Pullman, Pride, Women Against Fundamentalism, Charlie Brooker, religion and modernity in Turkey, Jonathan Israel on the Enlightenment and much more...
The former Archbishop's comments about the difference between literal and metaphorical speech have been taken out of context.
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.