A last late summer trek along the river Ouse… farewell cerulean skies

Also enjoying Saskia Vogel’s luminescent prose

A lot of people telling me they’re bored of contemporary fiction. Check out the small indie Fly On The Wall Press. These novels are brave and tender, and definitely bucked the tendency towards flat, anhedonic prose

Also just a bunch of other amazing pieces, including @jamesrball.com on Luigi Mangione and the “rationalist” murders, and @tedilta.bsky.social on health anxiety, and why we should all be less obsessed with monitoring our bodies

Fantastic energy at #Humanists2025 in Sheffield, on a weekend otherwise marked by dark news. A reminder of the many inspiring freethinkers who might just help get us out of this mess

Very excited about this coming out next week, and proud to be editor as the magazine hits an epic 140 years and enters a new era.

Subscribe now at newhumanist.org.uk or buy it in shops

Are you guilty of armchair diagnosing?

@newhumanist.bsky.social untangles the pop psychology from the science in a must-read on Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

Buy the issue on our website or in WHSmith ✨✨

It should be on the IAI site soon: shorturl.at/uC90c

In the meantime, the debate I hosted on Dostoevsky, Nietzsche and nihilism is trending. I think you can get a free trial and watch that @iai.tv

Enjoyed hosting a timely debate on the “crisis in psychology” last night with Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu, John Ioannidis and David Yeager (Carol couldn’t make it unfortunately.) A lot of great ideas on how to overcome the challenges of replicability, skewed incentives, and accounting for diversity

“Love is for the ones who love the work.” Thought this poem by Joseph Fasano was a suitable first Bluesky post, in honour of refusing enshittification and making a beautiful effort 🌱✨✨✨