On trial for blasphemy: the Freethinker’s first editor and offensive cartoons
George William Foote was born in Plymouth in humble circumstances on 11 January 1850. His father died when he was…
Morality without religion: the story of humanism
Madeleine Goodall of Humanists UK charts the history of the humanist movement and looks to its future.
Saving Bradlaugh Hall
Andrew Whitehead provides an update on Bradlaugh Hall in Lahore, Pakistan, and the ambition of some architecture students to rescue it.
From the archive: imprisoned for blasphemy
In March 1883, George William Foote, the first editor of the Freethinker, was convicted for blasphemous libel at the Old…
From the archive: What is freedom?
During the Second World War, the Freethinker continued to adopt a critical stance towards organised religion, while opposing fascism from…
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