As the spooky season gets under way, and ahead of our In Conversation With… Deborah Hyde event on 21 October, we’ve blown the cobwebs off the archive to tell the story of the supernatural – and how hu...

A Ukrainian writer reflects on childhood in wartime

As metalheads mourn their Prince of Darkness, has the “devil’s music” accidentally become a force for good?

A Richard Dadd retrospective reveals the artist's prolific work inside the walls of Bedlam and Broadmoor

We'll need to make broad and uncomfortable coalitions – and that's just the start

Angus Reid's new documentary "A week in the Sun" shines light on Cuba's sweeping new rights for women and queer people

Across the UK, ordinary people are taking action to protect our rivers from pollution

As metalheads mourn their Prince of Darkness, has the “devil’s music” accidentally become a force for good?

As a teacher, I encourage children to question the hate that some of them are taught at home

As a teacher, I encourage children to question the hate that some of them are taught at home

Insights and guidance from New Humanist's advice columnist

The border war between Pakistan and Afghanistan is supposedly about terrorism, but it’s civilians like me who are suffering

We'll need to make broad and uncomfortable coalitions – and that's just the start

A Richard Dadd retrospective reveals the artist's prolific work inside the walls of Bedlam and Broadmoor

The medium might be new, but the online far right is exploiting the same structures that have sustained violence for generations

Steinem inspired a generation of women – as Sally Feldman, former editor of Woman's Hour, reflects in this archive piece from 2016

The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship has become a forum for Christian nationalism in London

Voters are looking for entertainers. Can Binface give them what they want?

Dolly Parton talks to New Humanist about her latest album, her remarkable career and her liberal approach to faith

Dolly Parton talks to New Humanist about her latest album, her remarkable career and her liberal approach to faith

Christopher Nolan delivers a frighteningly relevant epic on a civilisation ripping itself apart

Voters are looking for entertainers. Can Binface give them what they want?

Christopher Nolan delivers a frighteningly relevant epic on a civilisation ripping itself apart

Voters are looking for entertainers. Can Binface give them what they want?

Christopher Nolan delivers a frighteningly relevant epic on a civilisation ripping itself apart

Voters are looking for entertainers. Can Binface give them what they want?

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With race riots on the rise and the populist right gaining traction, we ask how the UK can push back