Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism

'Study for Crouching Nude' by Francis Bacon

Cold flesh

From interior designer to poet of the grotesque – Owen Hatherley traces the evolution of a tortured artistic humanist

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What lies beneath

Even godless humanism needs a sense of the spiritual, says Paul Heelas

Without illusions

Without illusions

Doug Ireland welcomes a passionate and practical approach to secularism

Unmasked

Unmasked

Paul Sims finds out what’s behind the anarchic anti-cult group Anonymous

They should have seen it coming

They should have seen it coming

For years James Randi’s foundation has had a million dollars for anyone able to prove they have paranormal powers. But, he explains, in 2010 that money will be put to…

Backlash

Backlash

A simple suggestion that MPs leave their religious views outside Parliament turned me into a hate figure for Labour Party Catholics, says Mary Honeyball

On neutral ground

On neutral ground

We have already invented a way for the devout and the godless to get along in public, says Paul Kelly. We just have to believe in it

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