British medals for bravery reveal uncomfortable truths about Empire
National stories involve forgetting, as much as they do remembering – just look at the way Britain’s colonial history is treated.
Ideas
Who belongs and who doesn’t?
The resurgence of nationalist politics around the world is threatening to turn into something far worse.
Learning from the good old days
Can nostalgia have positive uses?
Nations – what are they good for? The spring 2019 New Humanist
Out now - featuring bacteriophages, abortion rights in America and true crime.
In a word: scam
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Are we city dwellers or hunter-gatherers?
New research suggests that the familiar story of early human society is wrong – and the consequences are profound.
“We have no real answer to the question ‘what is consciousness?'”
Neuropsychologist Marc Wittman on what we can learn from the study of altered states of consciousness.
Best of 2018: interviews and columns
New Humanist's top 10 interviews and columns this year.
Best of 2018: long reads
New Humanist's top 10 long reads this year.
A world of thought
The history of philosophy outside the west can teach us much about the flaws in our own narratives.