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Brian Eggo has been running Glasgow Skeptics for over five years, hosting over a hundred events in that time. He has also spoken for a number of Skeptics groups and helped run SiTP organiser workshops at QED conference. His day job is training development and delivery for a tech company.

Got any leads? Dog thieves won’t really leave secret signs outside your house

Claims that would-be dog thieves mark their victims' houses with stickers echo old urban legends designed to spread fear and anxiety

The assisted dying conversation requires sensitive and compassionate debate

Opponents of assisted dying have reasonable concerns that we should listen to rather than dismiss – even if, ultimately, we still disagree

The “child identifies as wolf” story was only ever about bullying, not ‘species confusion’

A Scottish child created a wolf 'persona' in order to cope with severe bullying and, as a result, ended up being bullied by the national media

“But it’s just a joke!”: why comedy’s right to offend doesn’t include the right to harm

Comedians have a right to offend, but that doesn't automatically absolve them of responsibility for the harm or hatred their jokes can provoke

An unconvincing ‘psychic’ night in Hamilton with medium Elaine Claire

Elaine Claire's psychic show in Hamilton felt like a lukewarm performance of cold reading, but that didn't stop an eager and grieving audience from believing

Walking the alt-med tightrope when a loved one has a terminal diagnosis

It's no surprise when people given a terminal diagnosis turn to alternative medicine - the best we can do is to care for them, and steer them away from the worst

A skeptical perspective on the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference 2023

Earlier this year, Glasgow hosted the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference, with speakers spreading all manner of baseless and unevidenced paranormal speculation.

The recent Glasgow Low Emission Zone protest turned out to be more of a ‘low information zone’

Glasgow's Low Emission Zone protest drew support from QAnon believers and antivaxxers - even Piers Corbyn turned up, to collect money from the crowd
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