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.

Are you a writer or have ambitions to become one? Humanistically Speaking magazine is keen to receive submissions from people anywhere in...

Report by David Warden On Saturday 13th April, Dorset Humanists hosted a hustings event for four Prospective Parliamentary Candidates in...

By Maggie Hall The Opus Dei Diaries This recent Financial Times article about Opus Dei (see explainer below) is very long and very...

Professor Alice Roberts, anatomist, author, broadcaster, and Vice President of Humanists UK, was interviewed by Lauren Laverne for BBC...

Special report by Alessia Ianucci In an age of convenience, where everything from groceries to gadgets is available at the touch of a...

By Aaron the Humanist Blaming the current government for everything going wrong seems to be a national sport. Is it time for us to...

By Maggie Hall Maggie is a former Chair of Brighton Humanists, a member of the Humanists UK Dialogue Network, and a Humanists UK School...

The litmus test of any democracy is whether there is free speech, an independent media and where the results of elections are respected.

By Megan Manson Megan is head of campaigns at the National Secular Society in London. She previously worked for the Japanese government...

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...

By Simon Bowden, Paul Entwistle, and John Kingston Simon, Paul, and John are members of Dorset Humanists' Practical Progressives group...

By Paul Entwistle Paul’s background is in finance. He has a longstanding interest in philosophy and political economy which he has been...

By David Warden In this article, David traces some of the history of liberalism and its recent decay into authoritarian Marxism. He calls...

By Keith Hayward In this article, Keith explains in simple terms how life got going from complex carbon molecules and how life comes from...

By Aaron, our Design and Layout Editor With the UK’s General Election approaching in 2024 or early 2025, Dorset Humanists recently hosted...

By Guy Otten Guy is a vice-chair of Greater Manchester Humanists, a humanist chaplain with the Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, a...

By David Seddon David is a retired English teacher and an active member of Stockport Humanists Progress George had been great at...

By John Coss John is Vice chair of Stockport Humanists. In this article he explains how citizens’ assemblies seek to combine two...