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The Afghan women left to die Without female doctors, women in Afghanistan are being denied medical care – as the recent earthquake made painfully clear

We're delighted that Jamaima Afridi has been shortlisted for @amnestyuk.bsky.social's Gaby Rado Award for her exceptional reporting for New Humanist on the women's healthcare crisis in Afghanistan.

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All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

Lily Allen's "West End Girl" is an old story dressed in new clothes

#music #culturalcriticism #feminism

Call of the wild What happens when domesticated plants and animals creep back into nature?

What happens when domesticated plants and animals creep back into nature?

The master of charm A Wes Anderson retrospective invites us to revel in the director’s uncompromising precision

After decades of directing movies, what is it about Wes Anderson's aesthetic that audiences still find so enthralling?

We visited a retrospective of his work to find out:

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David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

There's one reason - and one reason only - why David Olusoga would do "Strictly Come Dancing"

The master of charm A Wes Anderson retrospective invites us to revel in the director’s uncompromising precision

A Wes Anderson retrospective invites us to revel in the director’s uncompromising precision

God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

Why is the manosphere turning to God?

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

A philosopher and a historian analyse Lily Allen's hit album "West End Girl".

Is it a feminist victory? Or is the story more complex than that?

Heroes of free thought! New Humanist's Spring 2026 edition is out now Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world

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The master of charm A Wes Anderson retrospective invites us to revel in the director’s uncompromising precision

Why are Wes Anderson's movies so popular? It's all in the detail

God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

Parts of the manosphere are going Christian (or claiming to) - and leveraging it to gain legitimacy for their misogynistic ideas in the outside world

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"The magic of history is that you can know enough to empathise with people who lived and died before you were born"

Call of the wild What happens when domesticated plants and animals creep back into nature?

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From hybrid swarms of rice to dogs mixed with wolves, science journalist Richard Pallardy investigates what happens when domesticated plants and animals creep back into nature

#scicomm #conservation #agriculture #biology

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" is banging - but it's not feminist, argue two academics

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The master of charm A Wes Anderson retrospective invites us to revel in the director’s uncompromising precision

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Wes Anderson super-fan @jessicafurseth.bsky.social heads to the film director's retrospective at @designmuseum.bsky.social to unpick the secrets of his enduring appeal

#movies #art #design

God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

Meet the online influencers using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"A sector like academia, in which you have to self-fund the necessary qualifications to advance, is closed to a great majority of the population"

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

A philosopher and a historian analyse @thelilyallen.bsky.social's West End Girl

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

Being clever isn't a prerequisite for doing well on the Traitors, as @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @stephenfry.bsky.social found out last year.

He spoke to @adamrutherford.bsky.social for @newhumanist.bsky.social about religion, slavery, and Empire.

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All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

As she hits the road on tour, Lily Allen’s latest release has got everyone talking about non-monogamy - but it tells an age old story

God enters the manosphere Online influencers are using religion to give misogyny a virtuous veneer

God enters the manosphere

Heroes of free thought! New Humanist's Spring 2026 edition is out now Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world

Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world.

Pick up a copy of our new issue today:

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

"I do resent living in a country where it is very difficult to educate your children without them being indoctrinated in religion"

How "Stranger Things" united the generations The show created a magical space where my daughter and I could meet

Just what was it about "Stranger Things" that managed to reach across the generational divide?

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

"It’s obvious that misogynistically practised non-monogamy is no better or worse per se than misogynistically practised monogamy"

David Olusoga on Empire, identity – and The Traitors We talk to historian David Olusoga about revisiting the story of the Empire, religion in Britain – and why logic gets you nowhere on "The Traitors"

The two big TV hits of last year couldn’t be more different, but they both began national conversations, says "Traitors" alumnus David Olusoga

Heroes of free thought! New Humanist's Spring 2026 edition is out now Meet the people resisting propaganda and ideology around the world

We are entering a new era of brazen propaganda.

But for all those who keep their heads down, there are many more who refuse to go along with it.

Meet them, and hear their advice on how to fight back, in this edition of New Humanist:

All the world’s a concept album Lily Allen’s "West End Girl" has got everyone talking about non-monogamy, but it tells an old story

"West End Girl" blurs the lines between real people and fictional characters in exceptionally clever ways