We meet the novelists behind a new wave of stories exploring the sexual fantasies of midlife women ...

Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond (Oxford University Press) by Balázs Trencsényi ...

Listen to reason Intelligent thinking for turbulent times, from New Humanist magazine. Interviews with thinkers who speak to our age – on subjects including religion, race, politics, sex, tech, work ...

It was a strange night. Approaching Goldsmiths Hall, we spy three protesters, carrying placards saying “Who is John Galt?” After attempting to talk to one, it becomes unnervingly clear they’re actors, ...

Today, the power of faith – or what George Bush calls his gut – is a force in the world. Many rationalists have tried to confront this situation, and have mainly pursued two different strategies. Some ...

Since the publication of The God Delusion a common response has been that Richard Dawkins’s depiction of religious believers is crude and one-dimensional, and that he misunderstands the subtleties of ...

Season Three is now available on stream, exploring issues of fatherhood and choice, black feminism and raise politics, and asking listeners how the world got so wonderful (and what we are today.

Samira Ahmed is a journalist and BBC radio presenter.

For many generations in societies shaped by Christianity, monogamy has been the almost undisputed champion of relationship norms. In Britain and the US, it has been held up as the dominant – really ...

This article is a preview from the Spring 2014 issue of New Humanist magazine. You can subscribe here. It’s not exactly clear why Channel 4’s Benefits Street (broadcast in January and February 2014) ...

Epstein hosted a dinner at Harvard in 2004, with attendees including evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers (centre right). Credit: Alamy Stock Photo It was not a huge surprise to find myself in the ...

‘The Bible says that Abraham removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar before the Lord. Hebron is in the West Bank. It is at this place ...