Editor’s Welcome
There are many claims on how to “cheat death” from living healthy lifestyles, freezing our bodies, an after life, or editing our genes.
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David Warden
Mar 312 min read
Donald Trump’s Surprising Pivot: “I am now a humanist”
New York, April 1, 2024 — In an unexpected twist that has taken the world by storm, former President Donald Trump announced today, on...
Maggie Hall
Mar 311 min read
On the BBC: Faith to Faithless helpline and CofE involvement in the slave trade
On 10th March, BBC's Radio 4 programme Sunday ran an interesting item on the new Faith to Faithless helpline for people leaving high...
News
Mar 312 min read
How to bribe humanists to attend an AGM: make a meal of it...
At Dorset Humanists we know the true meaning of bribery! An AGM might not be the most exciting meeting of the year, but with the promise...
David Warden
Mar 311 min read
An MP’s defence of bishops in the House of Lords
Our columnist Maggie Hall wrote to her MP, Maria Caulfield, about Bishops in the House of Lords and this is the response she got: Dear...
Steve Hurd
Mar 314 min read
Beacons for Humanism in Africa: Uganda Humanist Schools Latest News
By Steve Hurd Chairperson of the Uganda Humanist Schools Trust. Steve is pictured above on the right, with his son Dan and wife Hilary....
Steve Hurd
Mar 315 min read
Eagle’s View: should the Uganda Humanist Schools Trust support an additional humanist primary school?
By Steve Hurd Steve is Chairperson of the Uganda Humanist Schools Trust. In this article he explains the challenge of deciding whether...
David Warden
Mar 313 min read
New extremism definition may put free speech at risk, NSS warns
On 7th March, the National Secular Society issued a warning that a proposed new definition of "extremism" could have “far-reaching...
Aaron the Humanist
Mar 313 min read
The final frontier: should we try to transplant human heads?
By Aaron, our Design and Layout Editor Having transplanted skin, hands, livers and many other body parts, is it only a matter of time...
John Coss
Mar 318 min read
Healthy ageing: the top 50 factors
By John Coss, Vice chair of Stockport Humanists Most of us aspire to a long, healthy life and a good death. In this article, I review...
Alessia Ianucci
Mar 312 min read
Happiness studies for humanists: what is the autotelic personality?
By Alessia Ianucci An autotelic personality refers to an individual who has a tendency to engage in activities for their own sake,...
Alessia Ianucci
Mar 313 min read
A Christian-Humanist dialogue on death and immortality
By Andreas Isenberg (who has become a Christian) and Alessia Ianucci (who remains firmly in the Humanist camp) In a serene garden, under...
David Warden
Mar 317 min read
Athletic at the age of 120: the humanist case for the abolition of ageing
An edited transcript of a talk by David Wood who is Chair of London Futurists, co-founder of the Transhumanist Party UK, and a Fellow of...
Gareth Hall
Mar 314 min read
Horns and Halos: a humanist perspective on Satanic music
By Gareth Hall Gareth is the Chair of Wrexham Humanists, an accredited school speaker for Humanists UK, and Lead Coordinator for the...
Keith Hayward
Mar 311 min read
The lives of Charles Darwin and Charles Bradlaugh compared
By Keith Hayward Keith is a member of Farnham Humanists committee. He is a retired motor engineer and he currently runs a retail garden...
David Warden
Mar 3116 min read
The Great Misinterpretation: Israel is not colonialism
By David Warden David is Editor of Humanistically Speaking and the Humanist Representative on the Bournemouth & Poole Holocaust Memorial...
Anthony Lewis
Mar 3111 min read
Transhumans and Psychonauts: is humanity approaching a series of singularities?
People have pursued immortality since antiquity but the promise of eternal life remains as elusive as ever despite recent medical advances .
Maggie Hall
Mar 314 min read
Humanist resurrection: is cryonics scientific or quackery?
By Maggie Hall Maggie is a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of the Humanists UK Dialogue Network, and a Humanists UK School...
Barry Newman
Mar 313 min read
Extending life and enhancing flourishing: a humanist perspective on ageing
By Dr Barry Newman Barry is a retired intensive care consultant and a Humanists UK accredited schools speaker. In this article, he...
David Warden
Mar 312 min read
How to Live to 100: Book Review
How to Live to 100: What Will REALLY Help You Lead a Longer, Healthier Life? by Ariane Sherine and David Conrad was published in 2020....
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