Film review: Prometheus
Beyond the slick production and big-budget hype, is Prometheus the philosophical blockbuster that was promised? Fred Rowson wonders what to believe
Culture
Whine dining
Laurie Taylor has his very own euro crisis
Q&A: Shazia Mirza
Taboo-busting comic Shazia Mirza has combined an international reputation for close-to-the-bone gags with a belief in Islam. But now she faces her greatest challenge as she submits to New Humanist’s…
Book Review: Seven Years by Peter Stamm
As coldly stylish as a Corbusier apartment building, with a narrator who is a "pillock", it might be the best novel of the year. Will Wiles is torpedoed by Peter…
Purring sycophants with an agenda
Gods, devils, self-centred ingrates? Ralph Steadman decodes the aloof allure of cats
The flawed Olympic legacy
The construction of the Olympic Park has transformed East London. But will the plush shopping mall and gated developments really benefit local residents? asks Owen Hatherley
Saint for all seasons
The front runners are men, but could a woman born more than half a millennium ago hold the key to the French elections? asks Sally Feldman
Artful dodger
Laurie Taylor flashes his inner muse
Book review: A Death in the Family
Karl Ove Knausgaard has been hailed as a new literary star, in his publisher's press release. Philip Womack is not convinced by his "monstrous ego trip"
New Humanist Cartoons Jan/Feb 2012
Cartoons from New Humanist Jan & Feb 2012