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
Culture
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
Ways of seeing John Berger
Marxist, novelist, art historian, farmer, philosopher, artist, object of reverance, provocateur: Laurie Taylor looks at the 85-year-old polymath from every angle
The wrong note
In which Laurie Taylor takes up a new hobby
Book review: Crooked Talk by Jonathon Green
Michael Bywater finds that Jonathon Green is the aceman of lexicographers, and that's no honey-fuggle