The New Atheists thought they stood for truth and reason – but did they help usher in an age of conspiracist thinking and prejudice?
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's collection of short stories delves into the lives of Ugandans in England.
An impressive array of people from academia and activism are challenging the colonial legacy in higher education.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has provoked a split in the Russian Orthodox church, with up to 30 million followers at stake.
Have religious fundamentalists and western Islamophobes alike eroded vital breathing space for secular feminists in Pakistan?
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses
Laurie Taylor wonders if he has left his radical past behind.
With Boko Haram’s brutality on one side, and military repression on the other, inhabitants of northern Nigeria took drastic steps.
This centenary edition of letters by Olga Jacoby offer an insight into the views of a generation of humanist women.
Chemistry, Biology, Physics: Three scientists talk through big recent developments in their fields.
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