Christians and the Riots
I wrote a letter to The Sunday Telegraph last week about this letter which they published from a group of…
Author Archives: Andrew Copson
The EHRC’s stance on religious rights undermines its credibility
The totally false narrative of Christians being persecuted has gained a surprising new advocate in the form of Trevor Phillips,…
BHA Conference 2011
Just back from the BHA Conference in Manchester, the first in a decade. We had some great speakers including Peter…
Church-run state schools have reached the end of their term
The growth in faith schools in the last decade or so presents a grim prospect for future social injustice. Let’s stop…
Classical Inspiration
Natalie Haynes’ excellent Voltaire Lecture for the BHA yesterday on how the ancient world can tell teach us about ourselves…
Shelley’s ‘The Necessity of Atheism’ 200 years on
The 200th anniversary of Shelley’s ‘The Necessity of Atheism’, perhaps the first atheist pamphlet in England and the cause of…
What’s offensive, for god’s sake?
The silly rejection of the BHA’s Census Campaign adverts prompted a blog from me on the Index on Censorship’s ‘Free…
If you’re not religious, tell the census so
The Guardian’s CIF Belief question this week is all about the religion question in the census. My blog, up there…