Global humanist persecution: two years on from the Truro Review
Earlier in the month, I took part in a panel discussion marking two years since the Truro Review was published….
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Spirituality from a humanist perspective
It was a pleasure last week to join the Nontheist Friends Network, part of Quakers in Britain, to open a…
The Times: Piecemeal reform on humanist marriages discriminates against non-religious
Today, The Times published an article in which I argued that delays to legally recognising humanist weddings have caused huge…
National memorial ceremony remembering those who have lost their lives in service of the NHS
On Saturday, I led the national memorial ceremony to remember and celebrate the staff who lost their lives in the…
Happy World Humanist Day!
It’s World Humanist Day! Today humanists from around the globe are coming together to celebrate the values of humanism –…
Let’s not go the way of the US!
Last week in The Sunday Times, the interviewer of Leader of the Opposition made the strange claim that, if elected,…
In praise of tolerance
It was when I was serving as a director of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales that I…
This House Believes We Are All Religious
I debated last night at the Oxford Union against the motion that ‘We Are All Religious’. Here is what I…