Britain: a secular nation
The number of Brits who say they have no religion has increased by 42 per cent in seven years.
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
Atheist bloggers in Bangladesh are still under threat
After a spate of murders in 2015, freethinkers still face the dual pressures of fundamentalist threats and official persecution.
We’ve digitised our archive – and it goes back to 1884!
From Bertrand Russell to Iris Murdoch, George Bernard Shaw to Amartya Sen – we’re pleased to announce that New Humanist‘s print archive, going back to 1884, has now been digitised…
“Humankind is unique in its incapacity to learn from experience”
Q&A with political philosopher John Gray,
The battle for legal humanist marriages in Northern Ireland continues
In the latest ruling by the Court of Appeal, Laura Lacole and Eunan O’Kane won the right for their wedding to be recognised as lawful.
Book review: Seven Types of Atheism
John Gray's latest book goes to great pains to underline the debt that non-religious intellectuals owe religion.
Pakistani humanist refused asylum – for failing to identify Plato and Aristotle
Hamza bin Walayat has received death threats in Pakistan after renouncing religion.
“Secularism is under threat”
Q&A with Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK and author of "Secularism: Politics, Religion and Freedom".
What the Stoics did for us
Could a 2,300-year-old Graeco-Roman philosophy be the key to a happy 21st-century life?
Book review: Religion and Atheism
This collection of thought-provoking essays shows that dividing lines often cut in different ways.