Gruelling interview
Had an interview with a fictional character called Mrs Mountable – she is the creation of Nicky Clark, but her questions are…
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Defeat at the Cambridge Union
Visible below is the video of the debate at Cambridge last week lost by me, Richard Dawkins and Arif Ahmed….
Faithful providers
Just back from Radio 4’s Sunday programme where I was discussing this report from Demos endorsing religious providers of public…
4thought.tv on ‘Religious Leaders’
A 4thought.tv that I recorded just before Christmas is going to be broadcast on 12 January at 6.55pm on Channel…
The Census Results Speak for Themselves, Government Should Listen
There is extensive academic evidence that the census question on religion heavily inflates the number of religious people because the…
Humanism: not an ‘impossible dream’
Andrew Brown, at The Guardian‘s ‘Comment is Free’ (CIF) wrote an article a couple of weeks ago now rubbishing humanism…
‘Spirituality’ for materialists
Have just come away from speaking at the Battle of Ideas on ‘Religious, Spiritual, or Neither?’ and it made me…
Historical Association podcast on British Humanist Association
The Historical Association has published a series of podcasts on social and political change since 1800. In a rare chance…