New Humanist

A Richard Dadd retrospective reveals the artist's prolific work inside the walls of Bedlam and Broadmoor –   by – Thursday, 10th September 2026 A snippet from “The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke” (1855-64), which took Dadd nearly a decade to complete. Credit: Tate Review: Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam At the Royal Academy of Arts, London, until 25th October Can an artist’s work be separated from their mental health? If not, can mental illness aid creativity?

In New York, I found a sweltering city pushing back against Trump and his brutish ICE agents –   by – Tuesday, 8th September 2026 “The Big Apple has long been a gateway for immigrants to the US.” Credit: Cavan Images / Alamy Stock Photo The lower end of Manhattan island is a skyline almost everyone in the world would recognise.

The vice president displays neither self-awareness nor an understanding of irony in this strange book –   by – Thursday, 3rd September 2026 JD Vance takes the oath as he is sworn in as vice president. Credit: Office of Vice President of the United States Review: Communion – Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance If Vice President JD Vance possesses one overriding quality, it is the ability to be funny by mistake.

The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship has become a forum for Christian nationalism in London –   by – Tuesday, 1st September 2026 Jordan Peterson on stage at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship in 2023. Credit: ARC Forum/CC 1.0 The west has fallen.

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" has been lauded as a feminist triumph. That's not what it looked like to me –   by – Friday, 28th August 2026 A detail from the film poster of “The Bride!” Review:The Bride! Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal Loving relationships can only flourish when they are freely chosen. And that is why abuse and exploitation are not simply detrimental to the person who endures them but also to the person who inflicts them.

The medium might be new, but the online far right is exploiting the same structures that have sustained violence for generations –   by – Thursday, 27th August 2026 One of Belfast’s “Peace Walls”: Northern Ireland is still working through its history of segregation, writes Emma DeSouza. Credit: David Dixon/Creative Commons 2.0 This article written by Irish peace activist Emma DeSouza is part of our Voices series on how to fight hate, from the Autumn 2026 issue of New Humanist.

Christopher Nolan delivers a frighteningly relevant epic on a civilisation ripping itself apart –   by – Thursday, 13th August 2026 Odysseus and his men in a scene from the film. Credit: Syncopy Production/Universal Pictures/Album This article is a sneak peek from New Humanist‘s Autumn 2026 issue on how to fight hate, out on 20th August. Sign up to our free newsletter to hear when it lands. The Odyssey is a Christopher Nolan movie.

Voters are looking for entertainers, but where do we draw the line? –   by – Thursday, 13th August 2026 Stewart Lee performs as the “Man-Wulf” in his latest show. Credit: Steve Ullathorne This article is a sneak peek from New Humanist‘s Autumn 2026 issue on how to fight hate, out on 20th August. Sign up to our free newsletter to hear when it lands. Stewart Lee is an award-winning comedian, writer, director and filmmaker.

Voters are looking for entertainers. Can Binface give them what they want? –   by – Thursday, 13th August 2026 Stewart Lee performs as the “Man-Wulf” in his latest show. Credit: Steve Ullathorne This article is a sneak peek from New Humanist‘s Autumn 2026 issue on how to fight hate, out on 20th August. Sign up to our free newsletter to hear when it lands. Stewart Lee is an award-winning comedian, writer, director and filmmaker.

Dorothy Tse's latest novella contains careful clues to real events in Hong Kong’s recent past –   by – Tuesday, 4th August 2026 A protester uses an umbrella as a makeshift shield in front of a police station. Hong Kong, October 2019. Credit: Alamy City Like Water (Fitzcarraldo Editions) by Dorothy Tse, translated by Natascha Bruce The handover of Hong Kong in July 1997 transferred control of the region to the People’s Republic of China after more than 150 years of British rule.