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Image of the week: Ajita Kesakambali, ancient Indian materialist and one of the Six Heretics
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Interview with Steven Pinker: A Little (Common) Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
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Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist, public intellectual, and the author of many fine books including How the…
Can the ‘New Theists’ save the West?
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Freethought History Webinar #7: The Trouble with Christ Mythicism. With Bill Cooke (27 January 2026).
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An invitation to the seventh in our Freethought History Webinar series.
Image of the week: ‘The Tree of Liberty – with the Devil tempting John Bull’ by James Gillray (1798)
- byBob Forder
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James Gillray’s (1765-1815) hand-coloured etching was originally published by Hannah Humphrey (1745-1818) in 1798. It would have been…
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