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Is all publicity good publicity? How the first editor of the Freethinker attracted the public’s attention

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How G.W. Foote's early tactics of courting notoriety in the Freethinker may have helped to increase its circulation and to support the freethought movement.
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Long live King Charles . . . but will the British monarchy survive?

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September 2022 has brought a new Prime Minister and a new monarch to Britain. Is there already a sense of doom in the air?
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Lifting the veil: Shelley, atheism and the wonders of existence

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What did atheism mean to Percy Bysshe Shelley?
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Freethought and birth control: the untold story of a Victorian book depot

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The director of the new Indian rationalist film, 'Vivesini', on the genesis of his film, rationalism and secularism in India, and the Freethinker's historic connections with the Indian freethought movement.
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