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The Dark Enlightenment and the end of democracy: a humanist critique
By William van Zwanenberg The Dark Enlightenment is not simply an intellectual fad. It is a serious threat to democratic ethics and...

William van Zwanenberg
May 31, 20256 min read


Commonsense humanist morality
By Air Marshall Vir Narain (Retd.) Vir Narain, formerly Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force Training Command, is currently...

Vir Narain
May 31, 20255 min read


Birds of a feather: decency without borders
By Owen Morton Owen lives in Sutton, a coastal suburb in North Dublin. In this article, he reflects on how the humanist value of...

Owen Morton
May 31, 20256 min read


Is it blasphemous to mishandle a book?
By Chris Highland Chris is a teacher, writer, and humanist celebrant living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. In this...

Chris Highland
May 31, 20254 min read


Media Watch: Cultural Religiosity on BBC Radio 4 and Andrew Copson on Faith Schools on Parliament TV
Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young's book on humanism for children Beyond Belief, BBC Radio 4: Cultural Religiosity, 22 April 2025 This...

Maggie Hall
May 31, 20251 min read




Editor’s welcome
Our founding editor, David Brittain, recently lost his wife Linda after her battle with Alzheimer's. I attended a livestream of her...

David Warden
Mar 31, 20252 min read


Media Watch: Church of England mood “febrile and anguished”
Church of England mood “febrile and anguished” On 16 February, reporting on the recent annual meeting of the General Synod, Sunday Times ...

Maggie Hall
Mar 31, 20252 min read


Richard Dawkins announces non-binary identity in shocking U-turn on gender debate
In a revelation that has left both evolutionary biologists and internet commentators reeling, Professor Richard Dawkins has come out as...

Aypril Phoule
Mar 31, 20252 min read


Humanists UK releases Faith to Faithless animation
By Dr George Locke George is a member of our editorial team and a volunteer for Faith to Faithless. Faith to Faithless is Humanists UK’s...

Dr George Locke
Mar 31, 20251 min read


A humanist way forward for Palestine
By The New Enlightenment Project, Lloyd Robertson (President) The New Enlightenment Project, a Canadian Humanist Initiative, has adopted...

Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
Mar 31, 202520 min read


My son has schizophrenia: the rock of religion provides no solace and neither does the hard place of science
By Fiona Rose Fiona is a management consultant and mother who writes candidly about the challenges and realities of mental health....

Fiona Rose
Mar 31, 20259 min read


Beautiful imperfection: how, when and why did consciousness arise?
By Stuart Carter Stuart studied earth sciences at University College London and the University of Oxford, and was awarded a NATO...

Stuart Carter
Mar 31, 20255 min read


What’s magic about mushrooms?
By Lou Roberts Lou Roberts is a business owner and business consultant. She has a PhD from Henley Business School, a Master's in Mindful...

Lou Roberts
Mar 31, 20256 min read


Meditating upside down: why humanists should practise mindfulness for just ten minutes a day
Mindfulness is the modern secular form of meditation and it has been clinically proven to have significant cognitive and health benefits.

Anthony Lewis
Mar 31, 202511 min read


From Caravaggio to Rolf Harris: can we admire the art but not the artist?
By Maggie Hall Maggie is a retired teacher of speech and drama, a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of the Humanists UK...

Maggie Hall
Mar 31, 20258 min read


From brain fog to burnout: when ADHD and menopause collide
By Dr George Locke George is a member of our editorial team and a volunteer for Faith to Faithless, which is Humanists UK's programme...

Dr George Locke
Mar 31, 20255 min read


What is ayahuasca?
By Tim This piece is written by a real person who would prefer to remain anonymous because it describes his personal experiences. A...

Tim
Mar 31, 20258 min read


Darwin Day celebration: Voyage on the Beagle or Hippie Trail?
Darwin Day at Dorset Humanists took an unexpected turn this year. An anthropologist from Bournemouth University, who was scheduled talk...

David Warden
Mar 31, 20253 min read


Worshipping at the shrine of liberal individualism: how humanism became a dogmatic religion and what to do about it
By David Warden In this article, David argues that there are two theories of what humanism actually is. The dominant theory is that...

David Warden
Mar 31, 202510 min read
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