Last Monday the British Humanist Association coordinated an open letter, signed by more than 50 public figures, including authors, scientists, broadcasters, campaigners and comedians, who wrote to the Prime Minister to challenge his … [Continue reading]
Toby Keynes, chair of Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats, gives his view as a Lib Dem on Nick Clegg's recent calls for disestablishment... Nick Clegg’s rather mild expression of his personal opinion that church and state should, over … [Continue reading]
Emily Buchanan explores the pitfalls of modern hyperconnectivity with a look back at two great stories by beloved humanist writer E. M. Forster, as well as film and commentary from the period. Writing at the turn of the twentieth century, E. … [Continue reading]
Derek Lennard of Galha LGBT Humanists reflects on just how far LGBT rights have come in this country in the time since Galha was founded. Galha LGBT Humanists was formed in 1979 in the wake of the Gay News blasphemy trial. Its formation was a … [Continue reading]
Atheist Scout leader Ralph Parlour presents his own personal view on the recent reforms made by the Scout Association and Girlguiding UK. On the 1st of September 2013 and the 1st January 2014, the British Guide and Scout Associations … [Continue reading]
by Amelia Cooper Representing a non-partisan organization such as the British Humanist Association at the United Nations Human Rights Council comes with certain frustrations at the increasingly politicised atmosphere in which we work. The … [Continue reading]
by John Watts How do we best convince mankind that any belief can only be deduced from proven reality, not vice versa, reality from unproven belief? Since religion is thus irrationally entrenched, this in essence is the problem for … [Continue reading]
It seems that primitive man, everywhere and in every culture, had an instinctive belief in some sort of existence after death. For the primitive psyche perhaps there was no other way to come to terms with the dread and mystery of death. As the … [Continue reading]
In the first of a series, HumanistLife brings you a great essay from the public domain. Born Mary Ann Evans, George Eliot was a remarkable person. Not only did she pen brilliant novels such as Middlemarch, she was a fierce and formidable … [Continue reading]
by Lesley Close Eleven years ago this month I was helping my brother, John Close, to prepare for his death. He was 55 and coming to the end of his life because he had motor neurone disease, diagnosed two years earlier. John had seen the … [Continue reading]