Our theme this month is “community”. Humanists believe in personal autonomy and freedom but does this come at the cost of community?

Local Groups Working Together (LGWT) is a lively network of humanist groups in England and Wales. Representatives meet regularly online...

Dorset Humanists hosted its second Death Café event on Saturday 11th May which, in typical fashion, involved roundtable discussions on...

The Radio 4 Sunday programme has, as usual, featured some interesting items recently. On 5th May (at 29:55 on this recording) there was...

By Dr Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson and Edan Tasca Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson is a Registered Doctoral Psychologist and author of the book, The...

By David Warden In this opinion piece, David identifies a form of hatred which he calls “ideophobia” and he advocates a form of thinking...

A life story by John Collins In this searingly honest and moving account, retired software engineer John Collins tells how, from the age...

By Simon Bowden Simon is a co-founder of Dorset Humanists’ Practical Progressives group which has been formed to consider a range of...

Most of us will experience loneliness at some stage in our lives. It is part of the human condition.

By Simon Whipple Simon is a solicitor and a committee member of Dorset Humanists. In this article he encourages us to belong to “secular...

By David Warden David is chairman of Dorset Humanists, a partner group of Humanists UK. In this article he makes a plea for humanists to...

Aaron the Humanist In this article, Aaron – self-confessed dreamer and optimist – asks whether we can think of ourselves as “just one...

By Alan Montgomery Alan is co-Chair of Reading Humanists and a former Chair of Farnham Humanists. As a teenager, he felt sorry for God...

By Karl Singarvelan Raha In this article, Karl challenges the growing influence of Hindutva – a political and cultural ideology that...

By Alessia Ianucci Communitarianism, a socio-political philosophy that emerged in the late 20th century, presents an alternative to...

Report by David Warden I’m always on the look out for “humanist art” when I'm on my travels. Humanist art in painting and sculpture...

By John Coss and ChatGPT John is Vice chair of Stockport Humanists Thinking about “community” – our theme for this month – reminded me of...

By Maggie Hall Maggie is a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of the Humanists UK Dialogue Network, and a Humanists UK School...