Course: Humanist Lives, with Alice Roberts

Francesca Stavrakopoulou is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of Exeter. A leading expert in religion’s interpretations of the past and influence on modern attitudes, Francesca’s …

Tim Whitmarsh is the Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World. Question: How important …

Deborah Hyde is a sceptic, folklorist, and cultural anthropologist. She is the Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic magazine. She writes and lectures about superstition, cryptozoology, religion, and belief in the paranormal.

Richard Wiseman is currently Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, where he has gained an international reputation for research into the psychology of luck, …

Piers Bizony is a science journalist, space historian, and author. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. Question: What impact might our capacity to see the Earth from space have …

We humanists know that we must treasure the one life we have. As a photographer and travel writer specialising in outdoor pursuits, I think it’s particularly important that we also …

Jim Al-Khalili is a theoretical physicist, author, and broadcaster. He is a professor at the University of Surrey. Author of a number of popular science books and presenter of science …

Humanists are sometimes accused of being dry-as-dust rationalists who value only science and logical reasoning. That is an impoverished understanding of humanism, because it reflects a diminished view of what …

Over the last three weeks, we’ve explored some of the ways humanists devote their time to support other people in times of crisis and to causes which they believe will …

Below Director of Humanist Care Simon O’Donoghue provides his responses to the scenarios described in the previous step. After sitting for 30 minutes and developing a good rapport with a …

In order to operate as an effective pastoral carer, it is fundamental to have a well-developed ethical framework that can be referred to quickly when practising. Frequently, there will be …

This week This week we met humanists working alongside those facing challenging moments in their lives. We’ve heard about how humanists try to support those people facing hard times and …

Defence Humanists brings together service personnel, veterans, Ministry of Defence staff, and their families to represent the interests of the non-religious in the armed forces. It organises events and community …

The 2011 World Humanist Congress adopted the following, known as the Oslo Declaration on Peace. Many humanists, from the Charvaka teachers of ancient India to Bertrand Russell and from the …

Aliyah Saleem and Imtiaz Shams are the co-founders of Faith to Faithless, a programme of Humanists UK working to reduce the stigma faced by people leaving religion (apostates). Apostasy is …