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‘Vivesini’ – a new rationalist film from India
Invitation to a closed private screening at Conway Hall, 18:00, Thurs 21st July (please note new date).
Image of the Week: the Artemision Bronze
Some gods are just cooler than others.
Porcus Sapiens
‘The animal I really dig / Above all others is the pig,’ wrote Roald Dahl. The Freethinker cannot…
What I believe: Interview with Andrew Copson
The President of Humanists International on free thought and free speech, the meaning of humanism, the scientific method, and more.
‘An animal is a description of ancient worlds’: interview with Richard Dawkins
The Freethinker speaks to Dawkins about genes, memes, the scientific method, political controversies and more.
From the archive: imprisoned for blasphemy
In March 1883, George William Foote, the first editor of the Freethinker, was convicted for blasphemous libel at…
Mubarak Bala: update on a ‘blasphemer’ in Nigeria
Humanist Mubarak Bala has been imprisoned for blasphemy in Nigeria since April 2020. After nearly two years in detention, he…
Long live King Charles . . . but will the British monarchy survive?
September 2022 has brought a new Prime Minister and a new monarch to Britain. Is there already a sense of…
History Month at the Freethinker
This month we shall be reflecting on the history of freethought and related movements.
Pastafarian Month at the Freethinker
July is Pastafarian Month at the Freethinker. This picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, by radical cartoonist Polyp…
Jubilee Twitter poll: ‘Defender of the Faith’?
On the occasion of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, the Freethinker has put together a Twitter poll to determine…
Image of the week: the Freethinker on the British Humanist Association, 1967
The National Secular Society and the British Humanist Association (now Humanists UK), and associated organisations and individuals, have…
Image of the week: ‘Possessed by Not-Quite-Holy-Spirit’
May is Humanism Month at the Freethinker. We will be exploring different conceptions of humanism, past and present.…
About The Freethinker
The Freethinker is published by G.W. Foote & Co Ltd., the company set up in 1916 in memory…
‘Are we civilized?’ Image of the week, 21st March 2022
The image of the week is a ticket to a talk given by Chapman Cohen in Manchester at…
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