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Rachel Elnaugh: the Dragon’s Den star and Covid conspiracist preparing for the ‘food apocalypse’
Rachel Elnaugh, whose business found fame on Dragon's Den, has been criticised for her plans for the Peak District and her slide into Covid conspiracism
Andrew Bridgen: How a Conservative MP got red-pilled on Covid vaccine misinformation
After months of sharing COVID-19 vaccine scaremongering and misinformation, Andrew Bridgen MP was finally suspended from the Conservative party
Climate change denial charity Global Warming Policy Foundation wins 2022 Rusty Razor award
A climate change denial charity with close ties to the Conservative government, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, has today been named the 2022 recipient of the “Rusty Razor” award
The BBC Disinformation Unit wins Skeptical Activism Ockham award
The BBC's Disinformation Unit has today been named the 2022 recipient of the Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.
The Ockham Awards 2022: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience
Nominations for the 2022 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
The Hairy Hands of Devon: how a tabloid tale spiraled into a full-blown urban legend
Legendary horror stories of monstrously hairy hands sending drivers in Devon to their death can be traced back to a spate of tabloid tales in the 1920s
My abortion was absolutely the right decision – but I wish I’d known what to expect
We need to talk more about our experiences of abortion, so that people know what is normal, what to expect, and how they might feel even when they know it's the right decision
Another mass shooting in America cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as motivation
The Great Replacement - otherwise known as the Kalergi Plan - has been growing in popularity among conspiracist circles, increasingly driving its followers to horrific actions
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