James Gray
James Gray is an independent campaigns adviser and writer. He previously coordinated the British Humanist Association’s faith schools campaign.
Articles by James Gray
A flawed contribution to the faith schools debate
We should welcome any call for an evidence-based approach to the increasingly polarised debate on religious schools. But the Christian think tank Theos fails to deliver with its partial and misleading report, says James Gray
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Mind warp
Distorted and unproven claims about the benefits of brain training have infiltrated Britain’s schools. James Gray says it’s time to think again
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Getting tough on the faith healing scammers
Witch doctors and clairvoyants prey on the vulnerable, but now trading standards officers are taking them on. James Gray reports
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They didn’t come from outer space
We've been primed by popular culture to expect a close encounter at any moment, governments have made preparations and the tin-hat brigade say they're already here. But now ufology is in crisis and alien agencies are being wound up. James Gray explores the case of the missing little green men
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Hostile takeover?
The government wants the Catholic Church to step in to save England's failing schools. James Gray looks at the latest threat to secular education
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New faces of televangelism
The switch to digital has given British religious broadcasting a boost. James Gray visits one of the new Christian channels redefining faith on TV
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The town that’s twinned with Narnia
The medieval Devon town of Totnes is the capital city of pseudoscience, but local rationalists are mounting a fightback. James Gray goes through the wardrobe
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A Green religion?
Anti-science dogma is damaging environmentalism, says James Gray
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Cult following
Exploitative religious fringe groups are on the rise in the UK. What should we do about it? James Gray reports
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Faith in the Big Society
David Cameron would like religious groups to deliver public services. But can they be trusted? asks James Gray
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Free to teach creationism?
Under the government's education reforms, 15 per cent of groups applying to open academies are religious. How would those schools handle evolution? James Gray investigates
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