God slot
Radio 4's Thought for the Day has for four decades infuriated humanists with its daily dose of religious platitudes. But, argues David Hendy, it could be a force for freedom
Culture
Out of this world
Why is fantasy taking over our TV screens? Natalie Haynes unravels a mystery
Only joking
Introducing our recent public debate on humour at London’s Royal Society of Arts, Laurie Taylor discovered that laughter can be a serious business
End Game: Deaf becomes him
You'll have to speak up for Laurie Taylor
The Many Faces of God: Science’s 400-Year Quest for Images of the Divine by Jeremy Campbell
Michael Binyon seeks the face of God
The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism by Geroges Bataille
Daniel Miller says it's all just so surreal
Non-Violence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
AC Grayling explores the history of non-violence
Auschwitz Report by Primo Levi with Leonardo de Benedetti
Stan Cohen on Primo Levi's report from the death camps
The Creation: A Meeting of Science and Religion by EO Wilson
Jonathan Derbyshire wonders if religion and science can get along
Debating Humanism by Dolan Cummings (eds)
Nick Cohen reads between the lines