Weekly roundup, 6-12 March 2022

Dear reader,

We've reached the end of our first week of the relaunched Freethinker. Below you'll find what we've been up to and what's coming up next. Our website is nearly ready to support paid subscribers: we'll email you again when this feature is up and running.

New this week
Bishops in the Lords: Why are they still there?
Cartoon by Paul Fitzgerald - 'Gone'
Interview with Maryam Namazie, founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and spokesperson of One Law for All
From the archive: What is freedom? – a 1941 article on Christian ideas of freedom and their limitations, by Chapman Cohen
Porcus Sapiens – the story behind the magazine's new logo

Coming up next week
- Andrew Whitehead on saving Bradlaugh Hall in Lahore, Pakistan
- Update on Mubarak Bala, imprisoned without trial for blasphemy in Nigeria
... and more.

Other news
The Freethinker has conducted a highly scientific Twitter poll to determine whether there should be faith leaders in the House of Lords. There's still time to vote.

The Freethinker discussed in a podcast
I spoke to Nathan Alexander and Todd Tavares for Episode 36 of the Beyond Atheism podcast. We talked about the history and purpose of the Freethinker, and the state of secularism and non-religion in the UK.

I'll be in touch again next Saturday. In the meantime, feel free to email with questions, comments, etc. And if you like our magazine, please do spread the word. We depend on your support!

Best wishes,

Emma Park
Editor, The Freethinker
editor@freethinker.co.uk
freethinker.co.uk