Q&A: Iain Banks
The author of 26 literary and science fiction novels, Iain Banks is a bestseller across two genres. New Humanist interrupted his writing to probe his views on life and the…
Culture
Still reaching: New Humanist interviews John Amaechi
He’s played basketball at the highest level and was the first major league sportsman in America to come out as gay. Now he’s a psychologist, an OBE and an outspoken…
Self worship
The Will Self Club have made the sesquipedalian writer their God, boast ridiculous robes and titles, and hold literary orgies. Cult, religion, or postmodern joke? Founder Sam Mills explains
Pantomime polemic
When he was invited to debate David Starkey on the subject of Britishness, Musa Okwonga looked forward to the opportunity to challenge the historian's controversial views on race and multiculturalism.…
Book review: Breaking Their Will by Janet Heimlich
Richard Wilson on an important exposé of religious abuse
Book review: Guilt by Ferdinand von Schirach
Stephen Sedley judges the memoirs of a jaded lawyer
Books review: Rabbis behaving badly
Liberals have a history of sparking controversy within British Judaism. Keith Kahn-Harris surveys new books by two trouble-making leaders
Book review: The Train in the Night by Nick Coleman
Andrew Mueller hears Nick Coleman's pain
Book review: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Charles Haynes enjoys a portrait of the Mumbai slums
Theatre review: Believers Anonymous
A new play imagines a dystopian future in which religion is outlawed, and remaining believers must be weaned off faith like addicts. Natasha Lewis climbs the Twelve Steps