THE Christian Police Association woke up this week to unsettling news: they have competition in the form of the Pagan Police Association, which, we’re willing to bet, is by far the more jollier of the bunch. As of yesterday, pagan police have the right to take their festivals as official holiday after their support group [...]
THE Crystal Cauldron pagan group was having a ball – until the Catholic Church threw a spanner in the works. The group, headed by High Priestess Sandra Davis, had booked Our Lady’s Social Club in Shaw Heath, Stockport for the Crystal Cauldron’s Annual Witches’ Ball – but when she rang to make payment arrangements she [...]
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EACH spring, as Easter comes rolling around, someone, somewhere will lament the fact that no-one, nowadays, knows its “true” meaning. Two years ago supermarket chain Somerfield put out a press release saying that: Brits are set to spend a massive £520 million on Easter eggs this year — but many young people don’t even know [...]


The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 