They thought it was a joke when Robin Ince said he was going to mix atheism, comedy and Christmas. But, reports Stephanie Merritt, he’s having the last laugh
Telegraph thunderer Simon Heffer reveals to Laurie Taylor what it’s like being right
Catholics, secularists, protestors, pilgrims and provocateurs all claimed victory after the Pontiff’s recent visit. Paul Sims assesses the final score
Of course we should love, honour and cherish our species, says Mary Midgley. But should we have to worship it too?
Responding to Francis Beckett's proposal for a humanist school, Rabbi Jonathan Romain of the Accord Coalition warns of the risks of endorsing religious segregation in education
Francis Beckett outlines his proposal for Britain's first avowedly humanist state school
We should put our trust in reason, especially when it challenges our preconceptions
Attacks on New Atheism, especially from fellow atheists, are ill-advised, counter productive and play into the hands of the religion apologists, argues Ophelia Benson
David Wootton, author of a new biography, uncovers evidence that Galileo really was a heretic
She has won the Pulitzer and Orange prizes for her fiction, and been called the greatest writer of prose in the English language. With her new book she enters the God debate. We talk to Marilynne Robinson, author of Absence of Mind