Apocalypse then
As John Martin's visions of Armageddon go on show at Tate Britain, Aaron Rosen argues that they are powerful because they're genuinely scary
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Never let me go
Laurie Taylor finds it hard to say goodbye
A match made in heaven
As the new football season kicks off, West Ham fan Sam Delaney has a crisis of faith
I am bovvered
White trash, vermin, underclass, broken Britain. When Owen Jones published his book Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class, he wasn’t expecting such an onslaught
Briefing: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Adam Rutherford remembers getting atheists reciting the Lord's Prayer at last year's rationalist jamboree
Book review: Ragnarok – The End of the Gods
Philip Womack is chilled by AS Byatt's magnificent retelling of the Norse myth
Repeat offender: New Humanist interviews Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais on his new shows, shock comedy and why God loves him really
Quiz: Come on, you’ve urn-ed it
It's pot luck for bankers' bonuses with New Humanist quizmaster Chris Maslanka
Book review: The Matter With Us by John Rawles
Richard Norman explores the matter of the human predicament
Film review: The Tree of Life
Terence Malik’s fifth film could do with a dose of Dirty Harry says Fred Rowson