Features
How Do I Know What To Believe?
It’s not as easy as sceptical authors sometimes seem to imply. Martin Parkinson draws a quick sketch map of the difficulties of real-world reasoning
The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part One
Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew investigate the Phantom Sniper of Esher
Who The Devil Are You?
Ben Fridja exposes the truth about Anton LaVey, the High Priest of the Church of Satan
Skrapbook
A sneak peak into David Langford’s unique archive of sceptical scraps …
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 Sense of Being Stared At and Other Aspects of the Extended Mind by Rupert Sheldrake
The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick by Peter Lamont
Stripping the Gurus: Sex, Violence, Abuse and Enlightenment by Geoffrey D. Falk
Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature by David J. Buller
News and comment
Editorial
Victoria Hamilton 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
Reviving the Shroud
Science and spirituality
Medical marketing
Behind you
Scopes II
Skeptic at large
Wendy M Grossman
Rhyme and Reason
Steve Donnelly
Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini
From Michael Heap: Of parrots dead and psychic
Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry
Letters from our readers
More on the Kennedy Assassination
