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Reform UK and the weaponisation of council prayers

  • byMegan Manson
  • 10 June 2026
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At least three Reform-controlled councils have imposed prayers on meetings. Megan Manson says this reflects a Christian nationalist agenda which threatens our country's most treasured values.
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A Call to a Post-Islamic World

  • byTolga Theo Yalur
  • 2 June 2026
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Review of ‘American Freethought’, a four-part film series by Roderick Bradford and the Council for Secular Humanism (USA)

  • byBob Forder
  • 28 May 2026
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It seems to me that freethinkers and secularists are bad at recording, sharing, and promoting their own history.…
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The Rise of the British Radical Right—First Reform, then Restore?

  • byZwan Mahmod
  • 22 May 2026
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The British radical right consists of two main strands: the Reform and Restore parties, led by Nigel Farage…
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Honoured in the breach: a review of ‘Love Thy Stranger’ by Bart D. Ehrman      

  • byNicholas E. Meyer
  • 19 May 2026
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Having posed the key question in this book, Ehrman pronounces it impossible to answer. Actually, it is not.
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Helen of Troy and Cleopatra, please come to the main information desk

  • byNicholas E. Meyer
  • 3 May 2026
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Of all the wild notions in religion, the resurrection of the flesh may be the one that was least thought through. But herein, the process is looked into—and the upshot can be revealed: it is going to be a big mess.
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