Scientists must not indulge mysticism, argues Yves Gingras
175 years after the death of Scotland’s most celebrated novelist, Murray Pittock asks if Walter Scott was an enemy of the Enlightenment, or its champion
Radio 4's Thought for the Day has for four decades infuriated humanists with its daily dose of religious platitudes. But, argues David Hendy, it could be a force for freedom
Introducing our recent public debate on humour at London’s Royal Society of Arts, Laurie Taylor discovered that laughter can be a serious business
Nick Cohen reads between the lines
Secularism isn't on the wane, despite what you read in the media, says Caspar Melville
Abdelwahab Meddeb considers why radical thinking has failed to penetrate the Arab world
The great German writer was that wonderful contradiction, a romantic rationalist, says John Armstrong
New Humanist readers have raised £2,698 for the Mustard Seed school in Uganda. Headmaster Moses Kamya tells us what the money means
A new opinion poll shows that the majority of British people trust science more than religion and do not base their morality on religious belief. Andrew Copson reports