I joined the British Humanist Society for a variety of reasons, not least that I think it’s important to become involved with an organisation that strives to promote a rational and caring agenda without resort to superstition. One campaign they run had me initially thinking that it was a bit of a lost cause, but the [...]
An interesting and informative newsletter from the Today Programme’s experience in Africa. Threatened with what seems like abduction, clear officious obstruction, and the challenges of preparing a live broadcast from Lagos, a “smokey, congested, fume filled arena of traffic jams, power cuts, crime, corruption and mile upon mile of depravation and decay“. Mike Thomson’s newsletter, [...]
