Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Entering it's fifth year in 2012, our Christmas shows are becoming an institution. Curator Robin Ince explains the origins of our yuletide rationalist romp, and past performers Ricky Gervais, Simon…
Culture
All that is solid melts into art
Daniel Miller witnesses the death of a tradition at Sotheby’s
God Trumps Part I
Struggling to choose the top religion? Can't decide between Bible-thumping evangelism or benign, gentle Buddhism? Make the process fun and easy with God Trumps, our cut-out-and-keep metaphysical card game for…
End Game: Nailed down
Laurie Taylor puts his foot in it
Editorial: Vive la Revolución!
Amid the battered bankers and pessimistic pundits why are humanists so happy?
Uncertainty principle: Laurie Taylor interviews Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle tells Laurie Taylor why he no longer has to be right all the time
Diary: Hitchen’ a ride
Atheist Bus Campaign creator Ariane Sherine on what was probably the craziest week of her life
God’s Executioner by Micheál Ó Siochrú
Stephen Howe on a new history of Cromwell's Irish adventure
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
Philip Womack wonders why Peter Ackroyd has meddled with a classic
Manifestos for the 21st Century
Caroline Moorehead reviews an impressive new series on censorship