History articles will appear here

History articles will appear here.

Emma Park

Emma Park is a freelance writer. She was editor of the Freethinker from January 2022 to March 2024.

In posting, you agree to abide by our guidelines Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Comments are subject to our Community Guidelines. Required fields are marked *

Our articles are free to read but not free to produce. We are an independent non-profit company and rely on donations and membership subscriptions to maintain our website and the high quality of our publications. If you like what you read, please consider making a donation.

Next article —

Philosophy And Religion articles will appear here

Is all publicity good publicity? How the first editor of the Freethinker attracted the public’s attention

byClare Stainthorp
23 September 2022
2 comments

How G.W. Foote's early tactics of courting notoriety in the Freethinker may have helped to increase its circulation and to support the freethought movement.

EEditorial

15 minute read

Year in review: 2024

byDaniel James Sharp
31 December 2024
2 comments

Both the world at large and the Freethinker itself have been through some pretty big changes this past…

SSecularism & Humanism

9 minute read

The Past, Present, and Future of Disbelief in Britain

byDon Cameron
13 February 2025
No comments

Although increasing knowledge over the last few centuries would appear to have disproved the claims of all religions…

IInterviews

1 minute read

Can there be peace in the culture wars? Interview with A.C. Grayling

On 15 April 2025, I spoke with the philosopher A.C. Grayling about his new book Discriminations: Making Peace…

PPhilosophy & Religion

20 minute read

Against the ‘New Theism’

Note: this is a very slightly revised version of a piece originally written for my personal Substack and…

HHistory

10 minute read

Christopher Hitchens’s Theory of Historical Progress: A Cruel Moral Calculus

byZwan Mahmod
16 July 2025
No comments

Christopher Hitchens wrote an article in October 1992 for The Nation magazine in which he ran completely counter…

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

History articles will appear here

Philosophy And Religion articles will appear here

You May Also Like