New Humanist Cartoons March/April 2012
Cartoons from the March & April issue of New Humanist magazine
Culture
Book review: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Rée is entertained, but unimpressed, by the PT Barnum of cultural psychology
Stayin’ alive
Humans have invented an endless series of strategies to try and outwit the Grim Reaper. Stephen Cave explores our fascination with immortality
Top Six: Jesus Sightings
If the Lord moves in mysterious ways, then his son moves in downright weird ones. Jesus Christ’s inexplicable predilection for appearing in the snack foods of small-town America has become…
Our man in Marseille
In his uncategorisable writing and brilliant television essays Jonathan Meades is forever peering into the nooks and crannies of our absurd age. Matthew Adams runs him to ground in his…
Book review: The Last Holiday by Gil Scott-Heron
His posthumous memoir is just the last of the many disapointments of the great Gil Scott-Heron, says Caspar Melville
The triumph of Rushdie’s censors
The response to the latest threats against Salman Rushdie shows that we have become dangerously accustomed to the erosion of free speech, says Kenan Malik
Vicars, vicars everywhere
An issue that's packed with priests
Quiz: Boggles goes around
A perplexing plane puzzle from Quizmaster Chris Maslanka
Looking for Transwonderland by Noo Saro-Wiwa
Natalie Haynes enjoys a Nigerian travelogue