Car wars
Why do women drivers get such a dreadful press? Sally Feldman steers through the sexual politics of wheel power
Human Rights & Ethics
Sex Crimes
Brian Whitaker traces the evolution of Middle-Eastern homophobia
Believe it or not
David Pollock asks why the government is reluctant to grant humanists their human rights
God can’t save Africa
Manmade problems require manmade solutions, argues Ebenezer Obadare
After bombs and ashes
Moving back from Yale to the London School of Economics, Professor Paul Gilroy finds his home town changed but the people just as mixed up
The blasphemers of Johnson’s Court
New Humanist was launched under the title Watts's Literary Guide 120 years ago this month. Jonathan Rée digs in the archives
Carbolic and Confession: Laurie Taylor interviews Helena Kennedy
Helena Kennedy tells Laurie Taylor about her Catholic childhood in Glasgow and the roots of her passion for justice
You shall go to the ball
Misogynist trap, soppy fantasy, or universal truth? Sally Feldman waves a magic wand over Cinderella
From Juke Joints to Jamie Callum
Caspar Melville goes in search of the spirit of jazz
Burning issue
Each week there are over 2,000 cases of arson in the UK, and the numbers are rising steadily. Mike Presdee analyses the nature of and motivation for this crime of…