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Religion and modern society 12 Jul 2013 | 02:51 pm
AC Grayling has argued that that the Church of England should have as much an influence on society today as the Women’s Institute. Speaking at the Telegraph’s ‘Ways with Words’ festival, it comes when...
Blasphemy Laws 11 Jul 2013 | 02:42 pm
Its astonishing that a country as relatively secular as the UK had blasphemy laws as recently as 2008. Across the world however, blasphemy laws are a ever present and dangerous presence in society, pu...
Children, science fiction, technology, democracy and surveillance 11 Jul 2013 | 02:35 pm
BHA Distinguished Supporter and writer Cory Doctorow speaking on liberty, technology, children, and surveillance. http://boingboing.net/2013/07/10/kids-science-fiction-technol.html
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt dissected by 12 year old 10 Jul 2013 | 02:18 pm
Free Arabs is an online news magazine featuring democratic and secular writers, bloggers, artists and creators from the Middle East and North Africa. In March they posted this video with the descript...
Organ donation opt out plan passed in Wales 8 Jul 2013 | 02:50 pm
The new bill, which has passed its final stage in the Welsh Assembly, means Wales will be come the first country in the UK where people will be presumed to have consented for their organs to be used a...
Church Could Take Control Of Secular Schools Under New Deal, Report Says 8 Jul 2013 | 02:47 pm
The Church of England could be given the power to run thousands of secular schools, the Times has reported, in a move that could “bring the education system under religious control” according to secul...
The Rap Guide to Evolution: Online Resource and Student Field Trip 4 Jul 2013 | 09:06 pm
The Wellcome Trust is currently considering a funding application to bring Baba Brinkman’s show, The Rap Guide to Evolution, to a West End theatre in September. The show would be ticketed for the publ...
ASA Adjudication on Society of Homeopaths 3 Jul 2013 | 01:24 pm
Background: Following the online remit extension in 2011 the ASA received a large number of complaints about claims relating to homeopathy that appeared on a number of websites. The ASA therefore made...
In sickness and in health? That’s too religious for a civil wedding 2 Jul 2013 | 04:05 pm
But as Gary and Louise Lidington, from London, made final preparations for their wedding last weekend, they received an urgent telephone call from council registrars warning that they could not legall...
Rowan Atkinson Comic Relief sketch cleared by Ofcom 2 Jul 2013 | 04:01 pm
A Comic Relief sketch starring Rowan Atkinson as a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury has been found not in breach of broadcasting codes, Ofcom has ruled. The sketch, shown pre-watershed, featured At...
