God slot
Radio 4's Thought for the Day has for four decades infuriated humanists with its daily dose of religious platitudes. But, argues David Hendy, it could be a force for freedom
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Only joking
Introducing our recent public debate on humour at London’s Royal Society of Arts, Laurie Taylor discovered that laughter can be a serious business
Debating Humanism by Dolan Cummings (eds)
Nick Cohen reads between the lines
Editorial: We feel good
Secularism isn't on the wane, despite what you read in the media, says Caspar Melville
Who turned off the light?
Abdelwahab Meddeb considers why radical thinking has failed to penetrate the Arab world
Love, life, Goethe
The great German writer was that wonderful contradiction, a romantic rationalist, says John Armstrong
Letter from Busota
New Humanist readers have raised £2,698 for the Mustard Seed school in Uganda. Headmaster Moses Kamya tells us what the money means
We’re all humanists now
A new opinion poll shows that the majority of British people trust science more than religion and do not base their morality on religious belief. Andrew Copson reports
Gentle rottweiler: Laurie Taylor interviews Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins' attack on religion has been hailed, revered and derided. He talks to Laurie Taylor about the mixed reception of The God Delusion
Ban the Pope
Fred Halliday, who died on 25 April 2010, showed himself typically ahead of the curve in this article from 2007. The Vatican has power without accountability, an archaic structure and…