Success for assisted dying bill
I’m so happy with Friday’s result which saw MPs vote in favour of assisted dying. It’s a historic first step…
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The UK needs stronger free speech protections, not a new blasphemy law
A question from an MP asking the Prime Minister if he would support the reintroduction of a form of blasphemy…
What I Believe out now!
What I Believe is out today – a new collection of interview essays with non-religious people in the public eye…
Podcast: Society Behind the Stats
It was a pleasure to speak to Natasha Fox, Public Affairs Manager at NatCen, about the British Social Attitudes data…
Discussing assisted dying on Quiet Riot podcast
I spoke to Naomi Smith of the Quiet Riot podcast about assisted dying – a topic back in the political…
Book review: Heresy: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God by Catherine Nixey
There is a way of telling stories about the past that makes it seem as if all that happened was…
Moral Maze: Is anything ‘sacred’?
I was on Radio 4’s The Moral Maze yesterday, where we talked about whether we should regard anything as ‘sacred’,…
Protecting freedom of religion or belief against the religious right | Andrew Copson
Around the world, the religious right (of all religions) is organising with renewed enthusiasm and doubling down on its efforts to erode…