Editor-in-Chief
Deborah Hyde coordinates and production-manages in the film and TV industries, having specialised in makeup and creature effects, and set construction. One of her fondest professional memories is getting caught in the middle of a power-cut in an abandoned hospital, surrounded by half-finished zombies. |
Advisor and former Editor-in-Chief
Professor Chris French writes the Reasonable Doubt column. He coedited the magazine between 2001 and 2011 with, in chronological order, Kate Holden, Julia Nunn, Victoria Hamilton and Lindsay Kallis. He also heads the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is a Professor of Psychology. Although he has published over a hundred scientific papers and chapters covering a wide range of topics within psychology, for the last decade or so his major focus of research has been the psychology of paranormal beliefs and ostensibly paranormal experiences. |
Founding Editor and former Editor-in-Chief
Wendy M Grossman writes the Skeptic at Large column and is a special advisor to The Skeptic. She founded the magazine in 1987. |
Columnist Mark Duwe writes the Galileo’s Doughnuts column. He is a web designer working mostly in advertising, but also teaches astronomy at evening class. He’s a qualified homoeopath (he didn’t take the final exam and passed with flying colours) and thinks reality is good enough without having to invent stuff. @vbloke |
Columnist
Dr. Mike Heap is a clinical and a forensic psychologist who writes the Through a Glass Darkly column. He is the Chairman/Secretary and a founder member of ASKE, the Association for Skeptical Enquiry: this is a society for people from all walks of life who wish to promote rational thinking and enquiry, particularly concerning unusual phenomena, and who are opposed to the proliferation and misuse of irrational and unscientific ideas and practices. Mike is Editor of ASKE’s quarterly newsletter Skeptical Adversaria and its annual magazine Skeptical Intelligencer. |
Reviews Editor
Paul Taylor is one of our two Reviews Editors. Paul is a professional musician. When he is not on the road with various jazz and Latin bands, he is developing and promoting two of his own inventions: The Blowpipes Trombone Trio, and Trombone Poetry, a solo project. |
Reviews Editor Jon Wainwright is one of our two Reviews Editors. He is also a frequent contributor of articles to the magazine |
Contributing Picture Library The Mary Evans Picture Library is based in Tranquil Vale, London and has a huge range of historical pictures for editorial and creative use. Mary (d. 2010) and Hilary Evans (d. 2011) curated an amazing archive, and generously allowed The Skeptic the right to reproduce images to illustrate the history of the supernatural: these appear in the magazine as The Hilary Evans Paranormal Picture Library. For the last five years, text accompanying the images has been produced by Deborah Hyde. |
Webmaster
Phil McKerracher is an electrical engineer with expertise in embedded software development, software management and technical support in the telecommunications and financial industries. His hobby is playing the violin in amateur orchestras and chamber groups such as the Bromley Symphony Orchestra. Phil has been our webmaster for many years. |