Editor’s Welcome
Democracy has always been a key feature of the humanist worldview. In 2024 half of the world’s population will be heading to the polls.
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Maggie Hall
Apr 302 min read
Humanistically Speaking is on the lookout for talent!
Are you a writer or have ambitions to become one? Humanistically Speaking magazine is keen to receive submissions from people anywhere in...
David Warden
Apr 3010 min read
Who decides what is “misinformation”? Humanist accused of flat-Earthism by Green Party candidate
Report by David Warden On Saturday 13th April, Dorset Humanists hosted a hustings event for four Prospective Parliamentary Candidates in...
Maggie Hall
Apr 303 min read
Media Watch: “domestic servitude” in Opus Dei
By Maggie Hall The Opus Dei Diaries This recent Financial Times article about Opus Dei (see explainer below) is very long and very...
David Warden
Apr 303 min read
Alice Roberts declines to take Bible to BBC’s desert island
Professor Alice Roberts, anatomist, author, broadcaster, and Vice President of Humanists UK, was interviewed by Lauren Laverne for BBC...
Alessia Ianucci
Apr 302 min read
Holy Communion Vending Machines provoke secularist outrage and papal blessing
Special report by Alessia Ianucci In an age of convenience, where everything from groceries to gadgets is available at the touch of a...
Aaron the Humanist
Apr 305 min read
Blaming the government for everything is unfair
By Aaron the Humanist Blaming the current government for everything going wrong seems to be a national sport. Is it time for us to...
Maggie Hall
Apr 306 min read
Democracy: its forms and failings
By Maggie Hall Maggie is a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of the Humanists UK Dialogue Network, and a Humanists UK School...
Anthony Lewis
Apr 309 min read
How to spot a democracy: free speech and “loser consent”
The litmus test of any democracy is whether there is free speech, an independent media and where the results of elections are respected.
Megan Manson
Apr 306 min read
Secularism isn’t optional for democracy. It’s essential.
By Megan Manson Megan is head of campaigns at the National Secular Society in London. She previously worked for the Japanese government...
Mike Flood
Apr 307 min read
How misinformation threatens democracy
By Mike Flood Mike is Chair of Milton Keynes Humanists and the UK-based network Humanists for the Common Good. In this article he writes...
Simon Bowden
Apr 3014 min read
Practical Progressives: policies from a humanist think tank
By Simon Bowden, Paul Entwistle, and John Kingston Simon, Paul, and John are members of Dorset Humanists' Practical Progressives group...
Paul Entwistle
Apr 307 min read
Why I’m a left of centre humanist
By Paul Entwistle Paul’s background is in finance. He has a longstanding interest in philosophy and political economy which he has been...
David Warden
Apr 3014 min read
Post-democracy: How democracy was captured and how we can get it back
By David Warden In this article, David traces some of the history of liberalism and its recent decay into authoritarian Marxism. He calls...
Keith Hayward
Apr 306 min read
Abiogenesis: the creation of life from non-living matter
By Keith Hayward In this article, Keith explains in simple terms how life got going from complex carbon molecules and how life comes from...
Aaron the Humanist
Apr 3014 min read
Can humanists be conservative? A view from the right...ish side of politics
By Aaron, our Design and Layout Editor With the UK’s General Election approaching in 2024 or early 2025, Dorset Humanists recently hosted...
Guy Otten
Apr 307 min read
Rochdale by-election: how I was cancelled and discriminated against by the Green Party
By Guy Otten Guy is a vice-chair of Greater Manchester Humanists, a humanist chaplain with the Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, a...
David Seddon
Apr 301 min read
Poet’s Corner: only one life
By David Seddon David is a retired English teacher and an active member of Stockport Humanists Progress George had been great at...
John Coss
Apr 275 min read
Citizens’ Assemblies: can they help reverse the decline in public trust of key institutions?
By John Coss John is Vice chair of Stockport Humanists. In this article he explains how citizens’ assemblies seek to combine two...
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