The Freethinker is happy to present an entertaining and cheeky look at the Richard Carlile chapter from the forthcoming book LOOSE CANNONS, a lively illustrated history of some vivid freethinking humanist rebels, created by our regular contributor Paul ‘Polyp’ Fitzgerald and researcher Madeleine Goodall.
From his chaotic experiences at the 1819 Peterloo massacre, to his romantic escapades in prison, this warts and all portrayal places a courageous hero of freethinking in a new, surprising, and very humanising light…



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You can discover more freethought and humanist history at heritage.humanists.uk and on the Unholy Histories podcast. You can also find Madeleine and Paul’s previous work for the Freethinker here and here, respectively.
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