Rational Parliament

A thinking-person's parliament

The Speaker of the House for the inaugural session of the Rational Parliament, Michael Brooks, explains why we need a new initiative to put some thought into politics

Girl Guide group wants to keep God in pledge

The new secular Girl Guide promise is coming into effect in early September, but some group leaders and religious commentators wish to keep girls pledging allegiance to God

It's vague to be good without God

The recent Lords love-in on humanism was well meaning but side-stepped genuine disagreements on big political issues
Narendra Dabholkar

India's second freedom struggle

My friend and colleague Narendra Dabholkar was murdered for standing up to superstition. Let us hope his death inspires Indians to continue his fight for rationalism, says Sanal Edamaruku

The weird afterlife of section 28

A decade after it was repealed, the infamous section 28 ban on "promoting homosexuality" lives on in the policies of many free schools, finds a new report. Anna Versterinen reports
Richard Dawkins by Linda Brownlee

Beyond Dawkins

Our incoming editor Daniel Trilling calls for a new approach to discussing religion
Burka Avenger

Burka Avenger to the rescue

A new Pakistani TV super-heroine is making waves on account of her conservative costume. But perhaps the focus should be on the progressive nature of her message.