Image of the week: Charles Bradlaugh’s struggle and triumph
As the UK prepares to elect a new government on 4 July, this seems a good moment to…
Books from Bob’s Library #2: Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’
Books From Bob’s Library is a semi-regular series in which freethought book collector and National Secular Society historian…
Charles Bradlaugh and George Jacob Holyoake: their contrasting reputations as Secularists and Radicals
Professor Edward Royle, an expert on British secularism, compares the lives and legacies of two leading figures in the 19th-century secularist movement.
Freethought and birth control: the untold story of a Victorian book depot
The radical history of 28 Stonecutter Street, London, now buried under the headquarters of Goldman Sachs.
The resurgence of enlightenment in southern India: interview with Bhavan Rajagopalan
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.
‘Vivesini’ – a new rationalist film from India
Invitation to a closed private screening at Conway Hall, 18:00, Thurs 21st July (please note new date).