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.
Culture
Book review: Against Everything
Mark Greif's essays are an earnest attempt to examine the points of friction between capitalism and our daily lives.
New Humanist’s books of 2016
Our pick of the books we wrote about this year.
What is behind the trend for modesty in fashion?
The fashion industry has great power to shape the way women are viewed. What happens when religion is added to the mix?
Sympathy for the androids: the twisted morality of Westworld
A new adaptation of Michael Crichton’s “Westworld” invites the audience to sympathise with its android characters.
‘‘Turkey has never exactly been a heaven for writers, but they always existed’’
Q&A: Ece Temelkuran's new book tries to explain Turkey's current turmoil to a global audience.
Bob Dylan and the masters of literature
For years, Dylan’s music hasn’t strayed too far from the weary attitude that we’re in a world gone wrong.
Book review: Death on Earth
Jules Howard's new book makes multiple perspectives on death chime in life-affirming harmony.
The last city of the Soviets
After the catastrophe of Chernobyl, Soviet architects built a new ideal city on humanist principles, the Ukrainian town of Slavutych.
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