Now is the time to legalise assisted dying
Today the UK Parliament debates Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords, a bill that proposes to…
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A humanist perspective on death
We all suffer as a result of the death of those we love: family, friends, colleagues – even of people…
The humanist approach to happiness and meaning
For a humanist, there’s no one ‘meaning of life’. Meaning is not out there waiting to be discovered. It’s something…
UNHRC intervention: the inclusion of non-religious Afghan refugees in resettlement programmes
Today at the UN Human Rights Council, I made an intervention on behalf of Humanists UK calling for all resettlement programmes…
It’s time to replace collective worship with inclusive assemblies
In a 2019 YouGov poll, parents ranked religious worship 13th out of a list of 13 possible activities that might…
International Day for Commemorating the victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion and Belief
Each year on 22 August we remember lives lost to acts of violence carried out on the basis of, or…
A History of Humanist LGBT Activism
In celebration of LGBT History Month in February, I gave a talk on the history of humanist LGBT activism to members…
My contribution to ‘The Refugee Dictionary’: marking the 70th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention
To mark the 70th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention – which the UK helped launch and ratify in 1951…