Bosphorus Straits
Ahead of a critical election columnist Ahmet Altan warns that his country’s current political crisis could have fateful consequences for us all
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Monkey business
A new book on apes has nothing to teach us about human nature says Steven Rose
French lessons
Jim Herrick reports from the world's largest gathering of freethinkers
Editorial: State of mind
New editor Caspar Melville wishes New Humanist a happy 120th birthday
Lobbing Horseshit
With everyone talking about the need for 'respect' Martin Rowson reckons it's time to come clean about what they really mean
Pleasure principles
In the second of our series on thinkers who are significant for humanism, Peter Cave marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Stuart Mill
Editorial: Start making sense
Do you get the feeling that you're constantly swamped by religion? Are you worried that the humanist, rationalist or secularist world view is losing out to zealotry? Is reason on…
Reasonable bounds
Continuing our series reclaiming thinkers for humanism, AC Grayling celebrates Immanuel Kant
Wishful thinking
Humanists should be careful not to confuse what ought and what is, says Jeremy Stangroom
Editorial: One year on
I became editor of New Humanist a year ago, just as religious fundamentalism was making its remorseless march to the centre of the global agenda.