By Maggie Hall Maggie is a retired teacher of speech and drama, a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of the Humanists UK Dialogue Network, and a Humanists UK School Speaker. In this article she considers the delights and difficulties of trying to live ethically. Humanists believe that this is the one life that we know we have and therefore we need to make the very best of it, both for ourselves and others. The same applies to our planet. We know there is no Planet B, so it is vital...

Has there really been a ‘Quiet Revival’ of religious belief? On 1 February, annoyingly a day too late to make our February issue, the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme featured a discussion about the so-called ‘Quiet Revival’ of religious belief among younger people and whether this is really supported by recent research. The controversy is discussed by Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK and Linda Woodhead, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at King’s College London (at...

By Maggie Hall In this article, Maggie considers the future of organised humanism at the local level, questioning whether campaigning and discussion are enough – or whether humanist groups need to find new, more practical ways to serve their communities. Maggie is a retired teacher of speech and drama, a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of the Humanists UK Dialogue Network, and a Humanists UK School Speaker. I have no doubt that humanism itself does have a future. There will...