Atheist ‘Schism’? No – healthy diversity
The question of the week on the Comment is Free ‘Belief’ section is whether there’s a ‘schism’ amongst atheists. It’s…
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Celebrating ‘On Liberty’
2009 is the 150th anniversary of John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’ – it’s a work relevant to all non-religious people…
Faith Schools Debate on Newsnight
Appeared on Newsnight last evening alongside Benjamin Perl, debating the supposed ‘merits’ of Faith Schools. Perl’s suggestion that faith schools should…
Thought for the Day debate
Ariane Sherine and I spoke in a debate yesterday on whether humanists should be allowed on Radio 4’s Thought for…
Simon Singh at the Tory Conference
Introduced Simon Singh last night as he addressed the meeting in Manchester organised by the BHA to celebrate the first…
No prayer breakfast at Labour Conference
Chaired the second ‘no prayer’ breakfast organised this morning, organised by the BHA and Labour Humanists. Last year’s breakfast was…
Protesting against the state visit for the Pope
Read my article in The Guardian-Why We Protest the Pope. When the king of Saudi Arabia came on a state…
Rare victory for rational regulation
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) ruled against a Christian billboard today that insinuated that magic ‘blessed oils’ would cure your…