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On trial for blasphemy: the Freethinker’s first editor and offensive cartoons

  • byBob Forder
  • 23 June 2022
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George William Foote was born in Plymouth in humble circumstances on 11 January 1850.  His father died when he was…
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Morality without religion: the story of humanism

  • byMadeleine Goodall
  • 26 May 2022
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Madeleine Goodall of Humanists UK charts the history of the humanist movement and looks to its future.
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Saving Bradlaugh Hall

  • byAndrew Whitehead
  • 16 March 2022
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Andrew Whitehead provides an update on Bradlaugh Hall in Lahore, Pakistan, and the ambition of some architecture students to rescue it.
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From the archive: imprisoned for blasphemy

  • byEmma Park
  • 14 March 2022
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In March 1883, George William Foote, the first editor of the Freethinker, was convicted for blasphemous libel at the Old…
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From the archive: What is freedom?

  • byEmma Park
  • 7 March 2022
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During the Second World War, the Freethinker continued to adopt a critical stance towards organised religion, while opposing fascism from…
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