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Bring on the British Republic – Graham Smith’s ‘Abolish the Monarchy’, reviewed
'Our monarchs seem to have spent more time secretly lobbying for tax exemptions than standing up for liberty.'
From the archive: ‘Secularism contains the real elements of a progressive civilisation’, by Charles Watts
An evergreen article from 1894.
Image of the week: The Parker Solar Probe, touching the face of God and outdoing faith
2025 has not, it must be admitted, gotten off to anything like a good start. Donald Trump returned…
Year in review: 2024
Both the world at large and the Freethinker itself have been through some pretty big changes this past…
Image of the week: ‘Moses Getting a Back View’ (1882)
Published in the Freethinker’s 1882 Christmas special, this cartoon was one of the blasphemous images that landed our…
The Right to Die: The Freethinker and the Assisted Dying Debate Over the Years
With the passage of the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the…
Protecting liberal values: National Secular Society 2024 conference
On 19 October, I was one of many speakers at the National Secular Society’s (NSS) 2024 conference on…
October events
Dates for your diary.
The radical atheism of the American revolutions: interview with Matthew Stewart
Scroll down for the video of the interview itself. One of the stereotypes of America is that it…
Image of the week: first edition of ‘The Satanic Verses’
A little late to the party, perhaps, but to celebrate International Blasphemy Day (30 September), I thought it…
Defending liberalism: interview with Helen Pluckrose
Helen Pluckrose is a writer and critic who focuses on ‘Critical Social Justice ideology’, colloquially known as ‘wokeism’,…
Escaping Ideology with Jonathan Church: Freethinker editor Daniel James Sharp in conversation
Freethinker editor Daniel James Sharp recently spoke to Jonathan Church, host of Merion West’s ‘Escaping Ideology’ podcast (and…
Invitation to the Freethought History Festival at Conway Hall, 31 August – 1 September
As editor of the Freethinker, I would like to invite you along to Conway Hall’s Freethought History Festival,…
‘Project 2025 is about accelerating the demise of a functioning democracy’: interview with US Representative Jared Huffman
Introduction Jared Huffman is the Democratic representative for California’s 2nd congressional district and the only open non-believer in…
Image of the week: Charles Bradlaugh’s struggle and triumph
As the UK prepares to elect a new government on 4 July, this seems a good moment to…
Image of the week: Ajita Kesakambali, ancient Indian materialist and one of the Six Heretics
With Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party facing a setback in the polls, now is a good moment to…
Image of the week: celebrating the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the Butcher of Tehran
Masih Alinejad, the sworn foe of Iranian tyranny who has survived several kidnapping and assassination attempts by the…
Rushdie’s victory
‘What you have made will long endure.’ This is how Salman Rushdie signed off one of his last…
Image of the week: Terry Sanderson, secularist hero, 1946-2022
On 6 April, a celebration of Terry Sanderson’s life was held at his newly erected grave in Brookwood.…
‘Words are the only victors’ – Salman Rushdie’s ‘Victory City’, reviewed
The novelist's latest work is a triumph of humanism, argues Daniel James Sharp.