What’s the point of satire? New Humanist presents Martin Rowson and Laurie Taylor
Join us on 29 November to launch our Winter 2016 edition
Ideas
In a word: crisis
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Effective altruism, “ancient wisdom”, and the cult of celebrity diets
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
Are you living in a dystopia?
Dystopias help us understand the world we live in; but what happens when concepts like “precrime” become a reality?
Book review: Anger and Forgiveness
As the century rages on, we clearly need reminding that anger is no good.
Postcards from the past: what’s wrong with “ancient wisdom”?
Writing on “ancient wisdom” now comprises a genre of its own. Is this an uncritical attitude to the thinkers of the past?
The era of “post-truth politics”
Expert opinions and rational analyses were tossed aside frighteningly easily during the referendum campaign.
The Autumn 2016 New Humanist is out now!
A new threat to free choice; what's wrong with Big Data?; Inside Pakistan's madrasas; Why ancient wisdom is a myth; and more...
Russia’s Stalinist revival, inside the detention industry, and St Augustine
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
In a word: academy
Michael Rosen's column on the uses and misuses of language,