Tag Archives: humanism
Interstellar’s Heart of Darkness & the Dust Bowl
I like to go to the cinema to escape the gloom of a Sunday evening and what better escape than Interstellar? An epic journey to other worlds. It begins in a rural America devastated by environmental disaster. Real survivors of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Film, History, Media, Politics, Religion, Science, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Uncategorized
Tagged adam rutherford, ann druyan, Carl Sagan, cold war, contact, dustbowl, fdr, george pal, Hollywood, humanism, interstellar, jodie foster, joseph conrad, ken burns, mathew mcconaughey, michael caine, nasa, Outer space, roosevelt, Space shuttle, when worlds collide
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Richard Dawkins & the humanist’s dilemma: When faced with Islamic State does “moderate” religious discrimination really matter?
This piece first appeared in The Big Issue magazine – journalism worth paying for. Available from street vendors UK wide or subscription. Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford has 3 and a half miles of books. It’s a wonderful place. The deputy … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime and Justice, History, Media, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged atheism, Babu Gogineni, Blackwell's bookshop, British Humanist Association, Catholic, Christianity, culture, EM Forster, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Hinduism, humanism, India, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Leo Igwe, media, Nigeria, oxford, publishing, Richard Dawkins, Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses, Sheldonian Theatre, superstition, Switzerland, terrorism, Valentin Abgottspon, World Humanist Congress
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