Breaking the silence: Pakistani ex-Muslims find a voice on social media
How ex-Muslims in Pakistan are turning to social media to explore their views and meet like-minded people – and what they risk in doing so.
The perils of dropping a book
On the Wakefield Koran-scuffing case, and why de facto blasphemy laws must continue to be resisted.
Puffin v. Dahl
'Sensitivity readers are a modern version of a centuries-old problem... Literature has had a long and bloody relationship with the written word.'
2022: A year in controversies
The most controversial subjects examined in the Freethinker in 2022 - and why open enquiry matters.
Britain’s blasphemy heritage
How the offence of blasphemy developed in the common law, how it was abolished, and why it seems to be coming back in a new guise.