Gothic revival
Outsider, troublemaker, genteel bum – Nick Mamatas celebrates the legacy of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the perverse
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Free market faith
Globalisation is leading to more belief, not less. Caspar Melville talks to the editor of The Economist about his new book tracing the rise and rise of religion
Yield of dreams
Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby, urges Angela Saini. Modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation
Truth matters
Conspiracy theories can be hilarious, but reality is a better story says David Aaronovitch
Film review: Religulous
Debunking faith on screen is a confused business, finds Fred Rowson
Why Socrates Died by Robin Waterfield
Jenny Bunker never quite learns what really killed Socrates
Editorial: Puzzling history
Would life be better if we knew all the answers?
Moral dilemmas
Do we have the right to judge others? Steven Lukes reviews the evidence
Lost in the maelstrom
Fifty years after CP Snow’s celebrated lecture the ‘two cultures’ are further apart than ever, finds Eliane Glaser
Obituary: Harold Blackham
Harold John Blackham, prominent British and international humanist and founder of the British Humanist Association, has died at the age of 105