by Marilyn Mason It's now more than three years since the BHA decided to join the Stop Climate Chaos coalition (now The Climate Coalition or TCC) and asked me to be their volunteer representative. This inspired the creation of a new humanist … [Continue reading]
How do you sleep at night? Or get up in the morning? Doesn’t life seem pointless? The religious conviction that a life without God is somehow one devoid of meaning has always baffled me. Personally, I see the situation in reverse, for I struggle … [Continue reading]
Aniela Bylinski discusses her experience of sending her daughter to a 'faith' school After a lot of anxiety and against my wishes, my daughter was assigned a religious school by the county. It was the best school academically, receiving … [Continue reading]
by Jeremy Rodell This article is an updated version of talks given to West London Humanists & Secularists and to Westminster Cathedral Interfaith Group, based on an earlier debate on 'Can humanists be spiritual?' held by South West London … [Continue reading]
This article by Saif Rahman is cross-posted from the New Humanist magazine Dedicated to the late Robin Williams, based on a conversation between Hughman and Warner Is there any value in spirituality? As a non-believer you might expect me to say no, … [Continue reading]
Parallel sessions 09.00 - 10.30 'Giving the gift of offence' Twitter: #WHCoffence Account: @humanism2014 'Should humanism matter in national and local politics?' Twitter: #WHCpolitics Account: @EU_Humanists 'Threatened but not silenced' … [Continue reading]
Plenary session three 09.00 - 10.30 'Against the odds' With Gulalai Ismail, Asif Mohiuddin, Agnes Ojera, Nick Ross Twitter: #WHC2014 Accounts: @BHAhumanists and @humanism2014 Parallel sessions 11.15 - 12.45 'Religion-inspired … [Continue reading]
Plenary session one 10.30 - 12.15 'Freedom of speech and freedom as such' With A.C Grayling Twitter: #WHC2014 Accounts: @BHAhumanists and @humanism2014 Parallel sessions 13.45 - 15.15 'Science or philosophy: which is the best model of free … [Continue reading]
Earlier this year, in another role, I was surveying the residents of Bosworth on local issues. Amongst the questions I was asking them was this impartial gem: 'Given that David Tredinnick has spent hundreds of pounds of taxpayers’ money on astrology … [Continue reading]
Here Joe Moss and Richy Thompson compare and contrast what was alleged about Park View School in January and what was found to be the case this week... Peter Clarke’s extensive report for the Department for Education into the ‘Trojan Horse’ … [Continue reading]