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…
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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…
Success! Longstanding Humanists UK policies in new education legislation
At the outset, we were a lone voice, raising the alarm about the thousands of children trapped in illegal faith…
LBC: the changing makeup of UK Parliament
I was on LBC this weekend to discuss the significance of the rising number of MPs choosing secular affirmation over…
UK one of the least religious national parliaments in the world
Keir Starmer is not the first non-religious Prime Minister. Ramsay Macdonald, Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain, Clement Attlee,…
Sunday Morning Live: Keir Starmer, Labour, and religion in society
I appeared on BBC’s Sunday Morning Live today to discuss Keir Starmer, the government’s approach to religious groups in civil…
Radio 4: Labour Government
Pleased to speak on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Programme about the Labour Party’s previous support for the legal recognition of…