Bitching about religion

I’ve never really concerned myself with a lot of writing against religion or religious belief, mostly because I am very comfortable in my own beliefs and have never really had to defend them before, and also because so many people do it so much better than me.
But it’s sort of fun.
Yes, today I’ve been writing [...]

Come see me debate on Wednesday!

Yes that’s right, this Wednesday I shall be losing my debate virginity at the Cambridge Union, opposing “This House Believes That Faith Has An Essential Role In Democratic Debate”. I’ve been seriously lacking inspiration for speech writing (it’s formal debate of about 15 minutes each), but at least I have my age and my gender [...]

BBC Radio 2: Growing Up With God – Tuesday 27th Oct, 10:30pm

I’ll be on the radio again tomorrow. This time for a BBC 2 documentary about children and faith/lack of faith. I’ll be talking a bit about Camp Quest and a bit about raising children in a non-religious community. At least, that’s what we talked about, I may have been edited out of the realms of [...]

I talk to Leicester Secular Society

On Sunday I made my first foray into public speaking. I was asked to give a 40 minute talk to Leicester Secular Society, the oldest secular group in the world.
I was pretty excited to be asked, as it would give me a place to practise, and a chance to tell people more about this infamous [...]

Fun times at BBC Radio 2

My mood has been very up and down recently, but yesterday was one of those weirdly wonderful days.
I woke up to an out-of-the-blue e-mail from someone I met at AAI 2008 (Atheist Alliance International for all those not in the know) telling me what a good job I had done with Camp Quest and generally [...]

Opportunity knocks

There are a lot of exciting things going on in my life right now, most of which are a result of CQUK’s resounding success, but unfortunately I can’t tell you what most of them are, at least not yet. They are all pointing in the right direction though – being asked to give talks about [...]

The Atheist and the Bishop airs tonight!

Tune in at 8pm on BBC Radio 4 for my featured role in this documentary series! I’ll be listening, with nerves. I was incredibly nervous that day, we’ll see how it turns out.
If you miss it, it’s repeated on Saturday at 10:15pm.

The Atheist and the Bishop: I talk to AC Grayling and Richard Harries

This afternoon I made my way to Canada Water, safe in the knowledge that my tube fares were being covered by the BBC. I was heading to Bacon’s College, a Church of England funded academy, to take part in a documentary series for BBC Radio 4 called “The Atheist and the Bishop”. This sets up [...]