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| Editor | Niki Seth-Smith |
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| Deputy Editor | Jessica Abrahams |
| Categories | Humanism,rationalism |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Humanists UK |
| Founded | 1885 (under the nameWatts's Literary Guide) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
| Website | newhumanist |
| ISSN | 0306-512X |
New Humanist is a quarterly magazine, published byHumanists UK and based in London, that focuses on culture, news,philosophy, andscience from asceptical perspective.
New Humanist has been in print for 140 years, starting out life asWatts's Literary Guide, founded byC. A. Watts in November 1885. It later becameThe Literary Guide and Rationalist Review (1894–1954),Humanist (1956–1971) andNew Humanist in 1972.
Notable columnists, past and present, includeLaurie Taylor,Simon Hoggart, Sally Feldman,Shaparak Khorsandi,Samira Ahmed,Marcus Chown andMichael Rosen.
Jim Herrick was editor ofNew Humanist from 1984 until 2002, and subsequently became the journal’s literary editor until his retirement in 2005. From 2002 until 2005 the magazine's editor was Frank Jordans. In 2005 Caspar Melville took over as managing editor of the magazine and CEO of theRationalist Association.Daniel Trilling assumed the position of editor in 2013. Samira Shackle was editor from spring 2020 to spring 2023.
Niki Seth-Smith is the current Editor.New Humanist was shortlisted for theForeign Press Association awards in 2023 and won the Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award in 2023 and 2024. In Jan 2025, the Rationalist Association, which had published the magazine for over 130 years, merged withHumanists UK.