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New featured image: 'Free Speech (For Us, Not Them)', by @polypartist.bsky.social. freethinker.co.uk/2026/08/imag...

Lily in the Garden – The Philosophy of Tomatoes and the Myths of the Vegetable Patch. freethinker.co.uk/2026/08/lily...

Lily in the Garden – The Philosophy of Tomatoes and the Myths of the Vegetable Patch - The FreethinkerLily Green writes light, playful columns about everyday life, blending gentle humour with a touch of freethinking curiosity.…freethinker.co.uk

'It is truly and only the atheist who is compassionate enough to take the profundity of the world’s suffering at face value, thus making atheism a moral as well as an intellectual necessity,' writes Mohadesa Najumi today in the Freethinker. freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/the-...

The Value of Atheism Stems From How It Bequeaths Personal Autonomy - The FreethinkerI did something I ought never to do as a fervent atheist. I wrote a letter to God.…freethinker.co.uk

Casting the monarch as a protector of all faiths implicitly admits the unfairness of the UK’s Christian privilege, argues @stephenmevans.bsky.social. freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/the-...

The Monarchy’s rebrand can’t hide Christian privilege - The FreethinkerCasting the monarch as a protector of all faiths implicitly admits the unfairness of the UK's Christian privilege, argues Stephen Evans.freethinker.co.uk

'Whether the patient believes in the religious or medical theory behind the healing can still be less important than the impressiveness and impact of the ritual.' Colin Brewer on placebo in medicine and religion. freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/the-...

The God Effect - The FreethinkerAt various times over the last few years while writing The God Effect: How Suggestion and Ritual Shape…freethinker.co.uk

Some further reflections on America's 250th, from @frankcogliano.bsky.social and Peter S. Onuf. The Declaration of Independence 'was not only a birth notice but an obituary as well. For the revolutionaries, [it also] signalled the failure of the British Empire.'  freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/the-...

The Fourth of July: A Declaration of Failure - The FreethinkerOn 4 July,  the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.…freethinker.co.uk

Today in the Freethinker, Michael Lloyd-Jones examines the strange life and career of the apostate priest Joseph Turmel. freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/prie...

Priest and Freethinker: The Double Life of Joseph Turmel - The FreethinkerIn the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Joseph Turmel, a French priest born in Brittany in 1859,…freethinker.co.uk

Humanist education in Africa: interview with Enginel B. Johnson, by Scott Douglas Jacobsen. freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/huma...

Humanist education in Africa: interview with Enginel B. Johnson - The FreethinkerIntroduction Enginel B. Johnson (also known as Bwambale Johnson) is the founder of Hillside Nursery and Orphanage School,…freethinker.co.uk

What happens when our guardians begin to embody control, silence, and coercion? Introducing Behnam Raeesian's 'The Fall of the Guardians' poster series. freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/when...

When Protection Becomes Threat: Introducing The Fall of the Guardians - The FreethinkerWhat happens when our guardians begin to embody control, silence, and coercion?freethinker.co.uk

The recording of our Freethought History Webinar on America's radical and atheistic origins is now available for viewing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQFH...

Freethought History Webinar 12: The Atheistic Radicalism of America’s Founding. w/ Matthew Stewart.YouTube video by Freethinker UKwww.youtube.com

Some belated Fourth of July reflections from the editor... freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/amer...

America, the freethought nation - The FreethinkerA day late and a dollar short, as the old saying goes. Yes, it is the fifth, rather…freethinker.co.uk

REMINDER: happening tonight!! freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/free...

Freethought History Webinar #12: The Atheistic Radicalism of America's Founding and Refounding. With Matthew Stewart (5 July 2026). - The FreethinkerAn invitation to the twelfth in our Freethought History Webinar series.freethinker.co.uk

Today in the Freethinker, a high school student tells her tale of feminist resistance during this year's Aurat March, which took place on International Women's Day. freethinker.co.uk/2026/07/i-wa...

I Was Incarcerated for 10 Hours for Attending Aurat March on International Women’s Day - The FreethinkerA high school student’s tale of feminist resistance in Pakistan.freethinker.co.uk

UPDATE ON MATTHEW STEWART WEBINAR. Due to a family medical crisis, yesterday's Freethought History Webinar ft. Matthew Stewart on the radical, atheistic origins of the American Republic has been postponed to 5 July. You can still register here. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Freethought History Webinar #12: The Atheistic Radicalism of America's Founding and Refounding. With Matthew Stewart.. After registering, you will receive a...Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Freethought History Webinar #12: The Atheistic Radicalism of America's Founding and Refounding. With Matthew Stewart.. After registering, you will receive a...us02web.zoom.us

Today in the Freethinker, Samuel McKee continues his delve into futurism. How humanism became the new driver of futurism. freethinker.co.uk/2026/06/how-...

How humanism became the new driver of futurism - The FreethinkerIt might seem strange to some, but in the earliest days of the Royal Society, everyone was at…freethinker.co.uk

Our most recent webinar, on the transformative new @princetonupress.bsky.social edition of Thomas Paine's collected works, is now available for viewing. With Gary Berton and Scott Cleary, @thomaspaineha.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpMj...

Freethought History Webinar #11: A New Vision of Thomas Paine. With Gary Berton and Scott Cleary.YouTube video by Freethinker UKwww.youtube.com

REMINDER: Tomorrow our exciting webinar with editors of the new collected works of Thomas Paine is happening! Still time to sign up. freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/free...

Freethought History Webinar #11: A New Vision of Thomas Paine. With Gary Berton and Scott Cleary (20 June 2026). - The FreethinkerAn invitation to the eleventh in our Freethought History Webinar series.freethinker.co.uk

Thirty years of fighting for secularism in the UK: interview with Keith Porteous Wood, president of the National Secular Society @natsecsoc.bsky.social freethinker.co.uk/2026/06/thir...

Thirty years of fighting for secularism in the UK: interview with Keith Porteous Wood - The FreethinkerThe original version of this interview was conducted by Helen Nicholls of the National Secular Society (NSS) and…freethinker.co.uk

Today in the Freethinker, Colin Brewer takes Baroness Ilora Finlay, Dr Joel Zivot, and Danny Kruger MP (among others) to task over their killing of the UK's recent attempt to legislate for assisted dying. freethinker.co.uk/2026/06/baro...

Baroness Finlay, Danny Kruger, and the Defeat of the Leadbeater Assisted Dying Bill - The FreethinkerIn 1978, after I had written several articles for medical journals in favour of what was then called…freethinker.co.uk

REMINDER: Sign up for our next Freethought History Webinar #11: A New Vision of Thomas Paine. With Gary Berton and Scott Cleary. Happening a week from today! freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/free...

Freethought History Webinar #11: A New Vision of Thomas Paine. With Gary Berton and Scott Cleary (20 June 2026). - The FreethinkerAn invitation to the eleventh in our Freethought History Webinar series.freethinker.co.uk