Robert Prevost's election as Pope brought hope to reformers. But will he push for peace and resist ultra-conservative ...

The Autumn 2025 issue of New Humanist is on sale now! This issue is all about how the battle over space – playing out unseen ...

They fuck you up, your mum and dad / They may not mean to, but they do / They fill you with the faults they had / And add ...

You use punk music to express some very complex ideas around individuality and ideology and society, which isn’t what we might typically expect from punk. Was that a reaction against what other people ...

Godwin (4th Estate) by Joseph O’Neill Joseph O’Neill remains best known for Netherland (2008). Hailed as a Great American Novel, this story of New York’s thriving immigrant cricket community drew ...

Mycorrhizal fungi growing with a plant root. Credit: Dr Yoshihiro Kobae As Giuliana Furci picks her way through the dense, dripping greenery of Chile’s Patagonian forest, her keen eyes are seeking out ...

Our world is experiencing seismic change with the rise of power-mad leaders, spiralling conflicts and climate chaos. At such times, the big questions of life are brought into sharp relief. And so amid ...

In Britain, we have escaped the rising tide of the populist right – but it's still influential, even when out of power. The far right is on the march. In the US, Donald Trump has been re-elected ...

Lord Falconer at a rally in favour of assisted dying in 2014. Credit: Dignity in Dying Could the new UK government be a turning point in the fight for the right to assisted dying? Prime Minister Keir ...

Protesters stand around a Palestinian flag in London. Credit: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash The new UK government under Labour has signalled shifts in the country’s position on Israel and ...

We’re becoming more allergic to things. It is estimated that the global incidence of food allergy rose from around 3 per cent of the population in 1960 to around 7 per cent in 2018. More patients are ...