Puffin v Dahl; Hitchens; Zimbabwe; Freethinker Talk

Dear reader,

How can children learn to think for themselves if their best literature is censored by ideologues? Our leading article and image of the week consider Puffin's hatchet job on Roald Dahl and its consequences. On thinking independently, we have an essay on the enduring example of Christopher Hitchens, and a special report on the emerging humanist movement in Zimbabwe.

Articles
Puffin v. Dahl, by Noel Yaxley
Doubleplusgood, cartoon by Polyp
Christopher Hitchens and the value of heterodoxy, by Matt Johnson
Humanism in Zimbabwe, by Tauya Chinama

Freethinker talk, London, Thursday 16th March
Coming up soon, I'll be giving a Freethinker talk on Pastafarianism and its challenge to religion for the Central London Humanists. All welcome; proceeds to the National Literacy Trust.

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