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Freethought History Webinar #16: Secularism, Freethought, and the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights. With Peter Tatchell (10 November 2026).
An invitation to the sixteenth in our Freethought History Webinar series.
Freethought History Webinar #17: The Music of the Conway Hall Ethical Society. With Holly Elson (8 December 2026).
An invitation to the seventeenth in our Freethought History Webinar series.
A reading list against the ‘New Theism’ (and an offer to debate)
Lately, there has been much talk of a Christian revival and the rise of a so-called ‘New Theism’,…
Image of the week: 20 years since the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy
Note (added 3/11/2026): This article originally included the offending Jyllands-Posten cartoons. But owing to the possibility of copyright…
10 years since the Charlie Hebdo attack: a message from the Freethinker
A decade ago, on 7 January 2015, twelve people were slaughtered in Paris. Why? Because they were contributors…
Donald Trump, political violence, and the future of America
Donald Trump was nearly killed a couple of days ago, and the consequences of this failed assassination attempt…
‘F*** it, think freely!’ Interview with Brian Cox
Introduction Brian Cox was born in Dundee in 1946 and has been a star of stage and screen…
‘Nature is super enough, thank you very much!’: interview with Frank Turner
Daniel James Sharp speaks to the fiercely independent musician Frank Turner about life, art, Taylor Swift, and more.
‘We are at a threshold right now’: Lawrence Krauss on science, atheism, religion, and the crisis of ‘wokeism’ in science
Daniel James Sharp interviews physicist Lawrence Krauss on science, religion, atheism, 'wokeism', and more.
‘The Greek mind was something special’: interview with Charles Freeman
The author of 'The Closing of the Western Mind' on ancient Greece, Christianity, and the narrowing of public discourse today.
Convicted for blasphemy in modern Britain: an interview with Hamit Coskun
An interview with the man recently convicted for burning a Quran in public.
Against the ‘New Theism’
Note: this is a very slightly revised version of a piece originally written for my personal Substack and…
‘The Genetic Book of the Dead’: A Dawkinsian Medley
In The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008), Richard Dawkins writes: Our ability to understand the universe…
Freethought History Webinar #15: Atheism and Vegetarianism in the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Match Made in Heaven? With Nathan Alexander (20 October 2026).
An invitation to the fifteenth in our Freethought History Webinar series.
Charles Darwin: Interview with Professor Janet Browne
Janet Browne is a historian of science and Aramont Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus at Harvard…
Freethought History Webinar #14: Joseph McCabe, Apostate Monk and Scourge of the Supernatural. With Michael Lloyd-Jones (6 October 2026).
An invitation to the fourteenth in our Freethought History Webinar series.
Legacies of 9/11: Reflections on Islamic Fascism, 25 Years On
The essay below was originally published on 11 September 2021 in Areo Magazine, where I worked for some…
Freethought History Webinar #13: G.W. Foote, Freethinker Founder, NSS President, and Prisoner for Blasphemy. With Bob Forder (15 September 2026).
An invitation to the thirteenth in our Freethought History Webinar series.
The Atheist Spinoza: Interview with Professor Steven Nadler
Steven Nadler is Vilas Research Professor and the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University…
America the Radical: Some Fifth of July Reflections
A day late and a dollar short, as the old saying goes. Yes, it is the fifth, rather…