Pantomime polemic
When he was invited to debate David Starkey on the subject of Britishness, Musa Okwonga looked forward to the opportunity to challenge the historian's controversial views on race and multiculturalism.…
Faith & Religion
Down with secularism!
We all think it's a good idea to keep religion away from politics, don't we? Richard Smyth begs to differ
Editorial: Pork, alcohol and sex
Leaving religion behind
Book review: Breaking Their Will by Janet Heimlich
Richard Wilson on an important exposé of religious abuse
Books review: Rabbis behaving badly
Liberals have a history of sparking controversy within British Judaism. Keith Kahn-Harris surveys new books by two trouble-making leaders
Against the credulous
Modern spin and marketing have made us too easy to fool. It's time to get real, argues Eliane Glaser
Theatre review: Believers Anonymous
A new play imagines a dystopian future in which religion is outlawed, and remaining believers must be weaned off faith like addicts. Natasha Lewis climbs the Twelve Steps
Q&A: Shazia Mirza
Taboo-busting comic Shazia Mirza has combined an international reputation for close-to-the-bone gags with a belief in Islam. But now she faces her greatest challenge as she submits to New Humanist’s…
The passion of the bishop
After years of struggle with his faith and dispair at the church's in-fighting and repressive attitude to sex, fomer bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway left religion behind. Caspar Melville hears…
Rites & responsibilities
The appalling case of Kristy Bamu, tortured to death for being a witch, suggests belief in malign spirits is becoming widespread in Britain. Sarah Ditum explores what is being done…