The Spring 2015 New Humanist is out now!
Paul Mason on social media and consciousness; reflections on Charlie Hebdo; witchcraft in Russia; war and religion; Selma, Broadchurch, the novels of Elena Ferrante and much more...
Ideas
Are Enlightenment values the property of the West?
Kenan Malik’s ambitious new history of ethics makes the case that they are not.
“Writing is despotism, but reading is democracy”
The cuckoo’s nest: Philip Pullman's essay on reading, writing, and the imagination.
Discontent and its Civilisations
Mohsin Hamid's new book argues that pluralism, one of the greatest gifts of globalisation, has been turned into an enemy concept
Imagine… a world without work
For many people, jobs are boring, low-paid, humiliating and increasingly scarce. New Humanist asks three young writers: what if we just did away with them?
The year in review: New Humanist’s 10 most-read stories of 2014
Bertrand Russell's legacy, Tim Minchin, the New Atheism, and cosmic myths.
Colombia’s displaced communities, industrial action heroes, and the dark side of Buddhism
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.
The Winter 2014 New Humanist is out now!
Phillip Pullman, Pride, Women Against Fundamentalism, Charlie Brooker, religion and modernity in Turkey, Jonathan Israel on the Enlightenment and much more...
Rowan Williams, the face veil, and the controversy that wasn’t
The former Archbishop's comments about the difference between literal and metaphorical speech have been taken out of context.
Secular funerals, Tim Minchin’s mission, and South Africa’s occult economy: our top 5 long-reads
The best long-reads from the New Humanist this month.