Book review: The Secrets of Pain by Phil Rickman
Natalie Haynes endures a painful crime novel
Culture
Book review: The Viral Storm by Nathan Wolfe
Mark Pagel faces the threat from pandemics
Book review: Religion in Human Evolution
Where did religion come from? Keith Kahn-Harris reviews a monumental study
Nine highlights from Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
The best bits and the inside scoops from three years of our seasonal rationalist jamboree
Walk the tightrope
We don’t need religion, but mystical traditions still have a lot to teach us, says John Burnside
Let the kids believe in Santa
Atheists shouldn’t crush the magic of Christmas, says Myra Zepf
Censorship on the terraces
Legislation aimed at football chants will not tackle Scotland's sectarian violence, argues Padraig Reidy
New Humanist Cartoons Nov/Dec 2011
Cartoons from the November December issue of New Humanist
Q&A: Al Murray
The Oxford-educated, history-loving comedian behind the hugely popular Pub Landlord tells New Humanist what it’s like living with the nation’s favourite guv’nor
Ex con
Laurie Taylor side-steps a scam