Uncommon decency
We must reclaim the language of human rights, says Conor Gearty
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Last words
Lifelong humanist Lionel Elvin died in 2005. This is his final testament
Editorial: Top Marx
What has happened to Marxism? And in particular, the angry passionate British Marxist intellectuals, who used to so enliven politics in the '60s and '70s?
Under the microscope
Jonathan Rée on Daniel Dennett's attempt to do away with religion scientifically
Design for living
Bauhaus architects wanted to build a more rational world. Hugh Pearman explores the links between humanism and the Modernist movement
Spinoza the atheist
This reconsideration by Steven Nadler is the first in a series on philosophers who have particular, if sometimes unacknowledged, significance for humanists.
Projecting the human
Andrew Tudor searches for the soul of cinema
Spirited away
Some atheists start believing in anything after they give up believing in God, says Meera Nanda
The blasphemers of Johnson’s Court
New Humanist was launched under the title Watts's Literary Guide 120 years ago this month. Jonathan Rée digs in the archives
Is it time for humanists to start holding services?
We all need rituals, says Dave Belden