Features
The Need For Open-Minded Scepticism
Rupert Sheldrake replies to David Marks
Power, Arcana, and Hypnobabble
Martin Parkinson reflects on the attractions of NLP
Organised Religious Faith … Why?
Douglas George tackles some of the structures and assumptions of religion
Humour
Sprite, by Donald Rooum, the ongoing saga of an ethereal being who has the misfortune to fall for a confirmed skeptic
Cartoons by Tim Pearce and The Parking Lot is Full
Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery
Book reviews
The Scientist, the Madman, the Thief and their Lightbulb by Keith Tutt
A Devil’s Chaplain (Selected essays) by Richard Dawkins
The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living by Fritjof Capra
Everything You Know is Wrong: the Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies by Russ Kick (Editor)
Love and Eugenics in the Late Nineteenth Century by Angelique Richardson
News and comment
Editorial
Julia Nunn and Chris French
Skeptical Stats
A column based on the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie – they’re just plain crazy…
Hits and Misses
Mars is frowning upon us
Astrology needs to be true
Not the minority report
Real women see psychics
How to be too skeptical without really trying
Where do the clippings go?
Skeptic at large: THE REALLY INTERESTING QUESTION
Wendy M Grossman
Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini
Rhyme and Reason: Casting the first stone . . .
Steven Donnelly
From Michael Heap
Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry
Letters from our readers
Defusing diffusion
How should we judge scientists?
Another kind of scepticism?