As well as writing books and the scripts for quite a few TV programmes and short films, I have written articles for a number of print magazines as well as several online publications, including Guardian Online, The Times, New Humanist, BBC Focus Magazine, and various blogs sciencedemo.org. Below are some examples of my writing:

Science, Faith and Religion:

• Why non-belief needs diversity
• Islam’s Evolution Problem Can Islam and evolution be reconciled? I meet the scientists who are trying to do just that. Feature article for New Humanist magazine.
• Avijit Roy was hacked to death for his secular views. Let’s share his story.
• Defining yourself by what you don’t believe seems pointless
• Faster than light story highlights the difference between science and religion
• Faith in Science is Not Enough: A piece for the Guardian’s Comment is Free site about why education must be at the heart of science communication, or else we are simply asking people to ‘believe’.
• No More Lies: Feature article in New Humanist magazine about how and why I wrote my book, The Young Atheist’s Handbook
• We Need To Talk About Islam: Article for Index on Censorship about how fear of “offending” Muslims may have stopped some publishers from publishing my book.
• Christmas should be for everyone, even Atheists This is a piece about my love of Christmas and why I’m glad that people from all backgrounds embrace 25th December as a special day.
• God in the Classroom: A piece for the Guardian’s Comment is Free site about how good science teaching inevitably challenges the religious beliefs of some children.
• No, I don’t believe in God: Another piece for the Guardian’s Comment is Free site about my atheism
• Sceptical about Skepticism: Piece for the Guardian Science Blog questioning “skeptics” and the role of the “skeptic” movement.
• Thank God (and Richard Dawkins) I’m no longer an “angry atheist”: A piece for the Guardian’s Science Blog in which I argue that it’s important for atheists and “skeptics” to think about the tone they use in their campaigning.
• Where are all the Black and Asian Atheists? A piece for The Guardian’s Comment is Free in which I argue that the atheist and sceptic movements need to do more to support atheists from minority communities
• Why we Need Humanist Churches I make the case for Humanist Churches in a piece for New Humanist Magazine.
• Wrestling with pigs
• Book Review: Radical by Maajid Nawaz
• Book Review: The Apostates by Simon Cottee

Science Education

• Is practical work in science lessons largely a waste of time? A piece for the Guardian’s Science Blog looking at research which suggests that the effectiveness of practical work carried out in science lessons could be much improved.
• Teachers, not Nobel Laureates, are the experts in how to teach science
• How science can be a children’s playground for serious lessons
• Explanations are not enough, we need questions – piece on a crucial difference between much science communication and teaching.
• Films that help parents bring science home to their children
• Don’t ban mobile phones in schools, let students use them all the time A piece for The Independent Blogs in which I argue that schools and teachers should embrace the fact that students bring their mobile phones into schools and allow their use as learning tools.
• Real Science in Science Lessons is Rare A piece in which I argue that there should be more opportunities for children to carry out genuine scientific experiments, where they ask their own questions and find their own answers.
• Where have all the passionate physics teachers gone?: A kind of love letter to Physics teaching, written for the Guardian’s online “Notes & Theories”.
• Science in Schools: Do all students need to stand on the shoulders of giants? A piece for The Independent Blogs in which I ask whether we really have a convincing argument for making all students in the UK study science up to the age of 16.
• God in the Physics Classroom
• Is the science curriculum serving the needs of future scientists?: An article for The Times in which I argue that the current national curriculum for science is failing all our students.
• Credit where credit’s due: A piece about the usefulness of metaphors in science and why we should remember the people who come up with them.
• Good effort, could do better: My verdict on free educational science videos on the net.

Other stuff

• Where’s the Female Brian Cox?: A piece for The Guardian’s Online Science section in which I argue TV needs a high profile woman science presenter in the same league as Prof. Brian Cox.
• The Serious Pursuit of African Science: An article about the importance of supporting and developing scientific research in Africa.
• Bring back the nightmares: A piece in which I lament the demise of anti-nuclear literature.
• My kids think I’m a boffin: How the stereotype of ” the mad scientist” lingers in schoolchildren’s minds
• The Lab Reporters: My take on what “science communicators” do, and what they should do.
• New Horizons: An article about the emergence of science TV on the web.
• Painting with Numbers: A review of the movie Proof and of a “mathematical photography” exhibition.
• Why is Science Important?: An interview about the making of my “Why is Science Important?” project