Looking back on 2022: blind faith comes in many forms
These are extraordinary times, teaching us once more that blind faith comes in many forms: not only established religion, but also conspiracy theory and political ideology.
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Laying claim to Christmas
Let's revel in the rich tradition of mid-winter festivities, celebrated long before they were sanitised by the Christians.
Evolution revolution: New Humanist winter 2022 out now
Out now – featuring Jay Owens on non-human intelligence, Peter Forbes on a new theory of the origins of life, and Alison Bashford on the secret history of the Huxley…
Filming Kurt Vonnegut, the “Christ-loving atheist”
A new documentary on the counter-cultural novelist, directed by Robert Weide, has kindness at its heart.
The Rushdie affair is not a simple matter of free speech
Religious fundamentalism is on the rise. In Britain, we must fight it by acknowledging the tensions in our own communities.
Making sense of war: New Humanist autumn 2022 out now
Out now – featuring Amy Zegart on the future of spycraft, Peter Salmon on propaganda and Amanda Coakley on the Christian right's battle for Europe.
Losing our humanities
Rishi Sunak's comments on "low value" degrees come off the back of a round of cuts to arts and the humanities. What do we lose when these subjects become the…
A hundred years of heresy
A century after its publication, is James Joyce’s "Ulysses" still the greatest work of humanist literature?
The dark side of progress: New Humanist summer 2022 is out now
Out now – featuring Alice Bell on climate action gone wrong, Brett Scott on the war on cash, Semmi W. on biotech and stolen cells and Carl Rhodes on woke…
For the love of reason
The head of Humanists UK talks to Steven Pinker about myth, reason, social change – and how to inspire a new generation of rationalists.