Opinion: Coronavirus is simply a natural disaster
Hope is hugely important for everyone at this difficult time.
Spiritual life: We welcome a brilliant president
Humanists UK began 2019 with a brilliant new president.
East London Humanist chair Paul Kaufman on why the West ignored Ebola
Ebola first began to dominate our headlines earlier this year. I must confess that I had barely been aware of this dreadful disease up to then. This is despite the fact that it was first identified as long ago as 1976 when it was named after a village headmaster who contracted it during a trip to the Ebola River in Zaire.
Chair East London Humanists Paul Kaufman is worked up about global warming
For anyone with a social conscience there is no shortage of issues to get worked up about. The conflicts in the Middle East. Austerity and the growing gap between rich and poor. The list is endless, and it is easy to become overwhelmed.
Chair East London Humanists Paul Kaufman believes in freedom of religion and belief
A highlight of my summer was joining over a thousand delegates from 60 countries at the triennial World Humanist Congress which this year took place in Oxford (whc2014.org.uk). The theme was the timely one of freedom of expression and belief.
Chair East London Humanists Paul Kaufman asks what community means
Do you think of yourself as a member of a community, say the black community or the Muslim community?
Chairman East London Humanists Paul Kaufman wants state schools to be secular
What are “British values?” The decision by recently sacked education minister Michael Gove that these must now be taught in all British schools has stimulated an interesting debate.
Chairman East London Humanists Paul Kaufman wants state schools to be secular
What are “British values?” The decision by recently sacked education minister Michael Gove that these must now be taught in all British schools has stimulated an interesting debate.
