NSS honorary associate Iain Banks terminally ill

Our valued honorary associate, the writer Iain Banks has announced that he has "months to live" after discovering he has cancer. You can read his statement here and sign his guestbook and leave a message here.

Terry Sanderson, President of the National Secular Society, said: "This is very sad news indeed, but Iain seems to be receiving it with typical stoicism. We send him our best thoughts and thanks for the support he has given the NSS."

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