Godless Spellchecker's Blog

I recently wrote about my issues with the UK’s second largest supermarket throwing its hat into the ring of race based identity politics. Since then, courtesy of some ‘leaked’ internal

I make a habit of reading books and articles that I expect to find disagreeable. This serves to test my convictions as I bounce them off opposing views and discover

Back in June 2017, the British public watched in horror as a North Kensington Tower block went up in flames. 72 people died as a result of the accidental fire,

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that ‘defaming’ the Prophet Muhammad “goes beyond the permissible limits of an objective debate” and “could stir up prejudice and put

I was very pleased to be at the Battle Of Ideas this year to speak about religion. The festival itself consists of many, many, (many!) public discussions and debates with

It was great to spend some time with David Smalley last week at Mythcon. We were on two panels together and we also managed to find some time to sit

I was in Milwaukee last week for Mythcon V. It was a fantastic event with a diverse roster of speakers and atendees. I had the honour of moderating the first

This week on The #GSPodcast Stephen Knight speaks to co-founder of Ex-Muslims Of North America (EXMNA.org), Muhammad Syed (@MoTheAtheist). Muhammad will be telling us all about the upcoming ‘From Islam

This week on The #GSPodcast Stephen Knight speaks to comedian and cabaret performer Thom, AKA Vanity Von Glow (@VanityVonGlow). We talk about the controversy and fallout from their appearance at

I had a great time on Mythinformed with Brian and Sean. We spoke about the atheist ‘community’, Islamism, Ex-Muslims, free speech, the UK and much, much more. I’m really looking

Back in 2013 a Christian pastor named Ryan Bell generated a lot of publicity and support from within atheist circles after realising that dedicating your existence to god wasn’t the

I headed down to the ‘Day For Freedom’ event in London on Sunday 6th May. The event featured a host of controversial speakers that pulled in a surprisingly diverse crowd.

I was in London on Monday to report from the free speech protest in honour of ‘Count Dankula’. For those of you who don’t know what that is all about,

This week on The #GSPodcast Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes the return of comedian Ricky Gervais (@RickyGervais). Ricky’s new stand-up ‘Humanity’ comes to Netflix on March 13th. He talks about how he

I was sent an early copy of Jordan Peterson’s book ’12 Rules for Life: An Antidote To Chaos’  and just finished reading it moments before tapping this out. Images of

This week on The #GSPodcast Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes Tom Wilson, Fellow at The Henry Jackson Society. Tom specialises in counter-terrorism strategy and extremist groups. We talk about the political left,

  CORRECTIONS/UPDATES – 28th May 2017 It appears Ketan Joshi is a more common name than I knew, and as a result this blog was originally published with reference to

I always make sure I tune in to The Big Question on the BBC for some entertaining religious debate. I’ve been in the audience a few times, but last Saturday

The popular monotheistic religions have an established history of violent outbursts in response to perceived transgressions. One faith in particular stands out at this moment in time for its refusal

  Twitter’s ability to bring you the latest news before ‘the news’ gets around to it can be mentally (and emotionally) hazardous if your areas of interest are religious fanaticism