A friend to the friendless
In the July/August 2011 issue of New Humanist, Richard Smyth assessed the role of prison chaplains. Here David Silver, who is serving a life sentence in HMP Gartree, offers his…
Faith & Religion
Captive audience
Sympathetic ear or religious recruiter - what’s a prison chaplain for? Richard Smyth finds out
Freethinking in the Arab Spring
Expressing irreligious views can be dangerous in the Middle East but, for the region's largest group of online rationalists, the Egyptian revolution is a cause for optimism, finds Max Opray
Q&A: Marcus Brigstocke
Between the arrogant believers and the smug atheists stands a lone comic, with only a successful career for comfort.
God & Devil: Country Songs
Five tracks about God, and five about the Devil. Selected by Andrew Mueller
Demonising Muslims
When does criticism of religion cross the line into racism? Paul Sims investigates
Preying on sadness
Psychics do have special powers – turning grief into money, says AL Kennedy
No doubt
Since there is nothing useful about the God hypothesis, we can happily discard it. Physicist Mano Singham makes the scientific case for atheism
Different angle
Andrew West's photos of the Mustard Seed Secular School, Uganda
Africa’s imaginary gay crisis
Across the continent, gays have become the scapegoats for destitution, argues Ebenezer Obadare