Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism

Now we are 100

Jim Herrick on two writers reaching their centenary

The Perils of Atheism

In an extract from his latest book, Julian Baggini examines the link between tyranny and non-belief

Misplaced charity

Has religion got a monopoly on the silly season?

Vetting the Janitor

Keith Porteous Wood on how the religious lobby undermined a European directive on employment rights

Positively Negative

Richard Norman receives a primer in Atheism

Escape from Eden

Raymond Tallis revisits the big question: what makes humans special?

None of our business?

Editorial

Puritan Atheist: Laurie Taylor interviews Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens talks to Laurie Taylor about George Orwell, false gods and bogus utopias

Freedom From Ghosts

Tzvetan Todorov's Imperfect Garden, reviewed by AC Grayling

The Life of Slime Mold

John Gray's Straw Dogs reviewed by Ian Hargreaves