Niki Seth-Smith
@nikisethsmith.bsky.social
Editor of @newhumanist.bsky.social, journalist and fiction writer 🍐
It’s flu and Covid season again, and many of us are guiltily avoiding each other. Read this about how normal it is to have health anxiety, it will make you feel (paradoxically?) better 🤧 newhumanist.org.uk/articles/647...
Inside the world of health anxiety
It's Covid season again. Two books have lessons on how to navigate health anxiety
newhumanist.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It’s flu and Covid season again, and many of us are guiltily avoiding each other. Read this about how normal it is to have health anxiety, it will make you feel (paradoxically?) better 🤧 newhumanist.org.uk/articles/647...
@siobhan.bsky.social Hi Siobhan, I’d like to contact you re a potential opportunity with New Humanist, could you email [email protected] if interested, thanks
October 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@siobhan.bsky.social Hi Siobhan, I’d like to contact you re a potential opportunity with New Humanist, could you email [email protected] if interested, thanks
I interviewed an expert on space warfare. We need more public awareness he says, “it’s a democratic issue”
Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about the rise of space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
'Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare'
Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare - and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
newhumanist.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I interviewed an expert on space warfare. We need more public awareness he says, “it’s a democratic issue”
A fascinating piece of reportage from Japan on the nuclear choices all countries must make
✨ New online:
@dominicmhinde.bsky.social travels to Japan to uncover what its experience of two very different nuclear disasters can teach us in an age of conflict and climate change
@dominicmhinde.bsky.social travels to Japan to uncover what its experience of two very different nuclear disasters can teach us in an age of conflict and climate change
Nuclear choices
In an age of conflict and climate change, we must listen to the people of Fukushima and Hiroshima
newhumanist.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A fascinating piece of reportage from Japan on the nuclear choices all countries must make
A last late summer trek along the river Ouse… farewell cerulean skies
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A last late summer trek along the river Ouse… farewell cerulean skies
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
September 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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
Any science feature writers? We pay £350-450, send your pitches today or tomorrow!
We're looking for long science features for our next issue! At 2,500 words, it's a great opportunity to dig deep into a science topic with political or social relevance today. Please send ideas to [email protected] by Aug 29
September 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Any science feature writers? We pay £350-450, send your pitches today or tomorrow!
This is out! A much-needed shot in the arm and antidote to space pessimism. With contributions on the African Space Agency, indigenous “Sky grief” and my interview with Mark Hilborne on the need for regulation in our age of space warfare
Look up! New Humanist's Autumn 2025 issue on the battle for space is out now
How the battle over space affects all of us
newhumanist.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is out! A much-needed shot in the arm and antidote to space pessimism. With contributions on the African Space Agency, indigenous “Sky grief” and my interview with Mark Hilborne on the need for regulation in our age of space warfare
"Existential psychotherapy rises to the challenge of finding something to live for." Author and clinical psychologist Frank Tallis writes clearly and powerfully on why therapists should take the quest for meaning more seriously:
Minds in search of meaning
Therapists need to do more to help the many people today who feel their lives lack purpose
newhumanist.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Existential psychotherapy rises to the challenge of finding something to live for." Author and clinical psychologist Frank Tallis writes clearly and powerfully on why therapists should take the quest for meaning more seriously:
How concerned should we be about our inability to consistently replicate studies? It’s an issue that cuts to the heart of our ideas about truth and science, as I discovered hosting this eye-opening debate:
Unmasking the mind
“Psychology should be based on empirical evidence and scientific methods,” claimed the founder of its modern form, cognitive psychology. Yet critics argue it's unknown whether psychology really has m...
iai.tv
July 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
How concerned should we be about our inability to consistently replicate studies? It’s an issue that cuts to the heart of our ideas about truth and science, as I discovered hosting this eye-opening debate:
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
June 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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
I spoke to @nickfish.me, president of @atheists.org, about the ordinary Americans coming together to fight white Christian nationalism
How atheists, humanists and democrats are coming together to resist the influence of white Christian nationalism under Trump
The volunteer atheist army standing up to Trump
As white Christian nationalists seek to reshape the United States, we hear from the frontlines of the resistance
newhumanist.org.uk
May 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I spoke to @nickfish.me, president of @atheists.org, about the ordinary Americans coming together to fight white Christian nationalism
Very pleased to welcome @iandunt.bsky.social to our new editorial board. As Editor of New Humanist, I’m looking forward to some stimulating input from Ian and the board
Ian Dunt to chair ‘New Humanist’ Editorial Board
Acclaimed political journalist and author Ian Dunt has been appointed as the Chair of the newly established Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, following its merger with Humanists UK earlier th...
humanists.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Very pleased to welcome @iandunt.bsky.social to our new editorial board. As Editor of New Humanist, I’m looking forward to some stimulating input from Ian and the board
The young, we are told, are returning to religion. But are they? This issue of New Humanist takes on the idea of a “crisis of meaning”. What’s really happening, and how do we navigate existential questions without embracing dogma? Buy it here:
Time to come together! New Humanist's Summer 2025 issue is out now
As people across the globe respond to uncertainty by embracing division and dogma, our latest issue explores how to hold on to our shared humanity
newhumanist.org.uk
May 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The young, we are told, are returning to religion. But are they? This issue of New Humanist takes on the idea of a “crisis of meaning”. What’s really happening, and how do we navigate existential questions without embracing dogma? Buy it here:
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
Subscribe now at newhumanist.org.uk or buy it in shops
May 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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
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 ✨✨
@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 ✨✨
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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 ✨✨
@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 ✨✨
In the wake of the federal government infiltration, we need to understand that much of the tech elite is operating on a completely different timeframe and set of assumptions and beliefs. So what are these beliefs, and where did they come from?
A dangerous calculation
Effective altruism has suffered a blow, but the extreme ideas surrounding it have infiltrated some of our most powerful organisations
newhumanist.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In the wake of the federal government infiltration, we need to understand that much of the tech elite is operating on a completely different timeframe and set of assumptions and beliefs. So what are these beliefs, and where did they come from?
It’s out! Some brilliant features looking behind the headlines.
We meet the wild-eyed evangelicals behind the myth of Trump the messiah …
Talk to the experts on narcissism, untangling science from pop psychology…
And channel Max Weber to ask: What is politics actually for?
Buy it now! 💥
We meet the wild-eyed evangelicals behind the myth of Trump the messiah …
Talk to the experts on narcissism, untangling science from pop psychology…
And channel Max Weber to ask: What is politics actually for?
Buy it now! 💥
The fight back begins! New Humanist's Spring 2025 issue is out now
Democracy is under attack worldwide. From the prophets and televangelists guiding Trump to the divides that threaten the anti-racist movement, our new issue explores what's at stake and how we can fig...
newhumanist.org.uk
February 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It’s out! Some brilliant features looking behind the headlines.
We meet the wild-eyed evangelicals behind the myth of Trump the messiah …
Talk to the experts on narcissism, untangling science from pop psychology…
And channel Max Weber to ask: What is politics actually for?
Buy it now! 💥
We meet the wild-eyed evangelicals behind the myth of Trump the messiah …
Talk to the experts on narcissism, untangling science from pop psychology…
And channel Max Weber to ask: What is politics actually for?
Buy it now! 💥
It’s your last chance to buy @newhumanist.bsky.social’s current issue from the shops, on the weird beliefs of the tech elites. We could not have predicted how important this would be when we went to press, particularly @peterwardjourno.bsky.social’s deep dive into TESCREAL
Our cyborg future? New Humanist's Winter 2024 issue explores the weird beliefs of the tech elites
From brain implants to dark philosophies and an obsession with blood transfusion, our new issue takes a look at the beliefs and ambitions of the tech billionaires – and how they're taking root in the ...
newhumanist.org.uk
February 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s your last chance to buy @newhumanist.bsky.social’s current issue from the shops, on the weird beliefs of the tech elites. We could not have predicted how important this would be when we went to press, particularly @peterwardjourno.bsky.social’s deep dive into TESCREAL
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
February 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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
Seeking pitches of foreign reportage (especially interested in Bangladesh and Lebanon) for magazine features @newhumanist.bsky.social. #journorequest [email protected]
February 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Seeking pitches of foreign reportage (especially interested in Bangladesh and Lebanon) for magazine features @newhumanist.bsky.social. #journorequest [email protected]
“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 🌱✨✨✨
January 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“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 🌱✨✨✨