“Shyness is very difficult to define precisely because it’s so contradictory”
Q&A with Joe Moran, author of "Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness".
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Leaving the priesthood, trouble at sea, and the nuclear war that never was
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
Mark Fisher (1968-2017)
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our contributor Mark Fisher this weekend. Mark was a unique writer; a critic, teacher and editor whose work touched and…
What does it mean to be nonreligious in the modern era?
A Q&A with academic Lois Lee, a sociologist whose work focuses on atheism.
Our favourite New Humanist long reads of 2016
Grieving online, the myth of human nature, and the mirage of big data: our top 10 long-reads.
Why is the persecution of non-believers worsening?
Bob Churchill of the IHEU discusses the annual Freedom of Thought Report, which highlights state repression and extremist violence worldwide.
The Vatican bans the scattering of ashes
Also prohibited: storing cremated ashes at home, or turning them into mementoes.
The Winter 2016 New Humanist is out now!
Danger in the deep; Zionism, anti-Semitism and the left; what's the meaning of modesty; Derrida vs the rationalists; and more...
Faith-based selection in schools could be set to increase
Amid the controversy over grammar schools, another proposal has been overlooked.
Clearing Patient Zero
Gaeten Dugan, one of the most vilified patients in medical history, was not responsible for bringing HIV to the US.
How offence taking became a political weapon
A Q&A with Cherian George, author of Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy
Dystopias, gravitational waves, and the US Supreme Court
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
How can we make sense of death?
Q&A with Andrew Stark, author of a new book on the stories we tell ourselves to comprehend mortality.
What’s the point of satire? New Humanist presents Martin Rowson and Laurie Taylor
Join us on 29 November to launch our Winter 2016 edition