My pious past
Did you know Peter Tatchell used to be a Sunday School teacher?
Human Rights & Ethics
Leap of faith
Ruth Turner, Chief Executive of Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation, makes the case for faith-based aid
Man & other beasts
Humanism is under attack in the academy for its assumption of man’s superiority over animals. John Appleby visits the intellectual borderland between humans and animals
Beyond nature
The human finger points the way to what makes us truly human, say Raymond Tallis
Going to the ladies
From the latrine to the loo, the pissoir to the powder room, Sally Feldman explores the sexual politics of toilets
Aura & out
Laurie Taylor balances his chakras
Dangerous liaisons
Will the new Policing and Crime Act protect prostitutes – or persecute them? Sally Feldman plunges into the underworld
Who needs God?
Why is religion on the rise in so many different countries? Tom Rees finds the missing link
Champions of free speech?
Writing in New Humanist, Sherry Jones says Serbs have embraced the Jewel of Medina because they know the value of free expression. But could the reasons be more profane? asks…
Whistleblower: working for Scientology
Paul Sims speaks to Marc Headley, the Scientology escapee now revealing what life is really like on the inside