We publish New Humanist, a quarterly journal of ideas, science and culture.

The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

The current government has shown little appetite for change on outdated religious diktats - but there is cause for optimism in the activity of civil society.

The refugee crisis, the death of British satire, and a journey to the centre of the Earth: our top 10 long-reads.

This year's annual Freedom of Thought report paints a bleak picture of jihadist violence and state repression.

A new report suggests that Britain's public policy needs a major overhaul to adjust to a society of many religions and none.

A Q&A with Larissa MacFarquhar, author of a new book about moral extremity.

The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.

In the last New Humanist, Julian Baggini reflected on giving an "atheist sermon" and the potential common ground between atheists and believers. Here, a reader responds.

Should machines replicate people?; What history tells us about refugees; Mary Beard on Ancient Rome; the myth of "pure" religion; what happens when the Sun goes out; and more...

An interview with author and environmentalist Tim Flannery

Part of the humanist world view is to understand that we have a moral responsibility to our fellow beings.

"All intellectual life is polemic". A Q&A with David Wootton, author of a new book about the scientific revolution.