Reviews

Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism by Paul Boghossian Oxford University Press, £14.99 (hb), ISBN 0-19-928718-X The glorious Sokal booby-trap of 1996 seems to have done...

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Lewis Wolpert Faber and Faber, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 978-0-571-23166-3 In some ways I feel these 243 pages are too few. There...

Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps by Magnus Magnusson Mainstream, £9.99, ISBN 978-1-84596-210-4 I must begin by admitting that the author of this book, who...

The Occult Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present Day by David S. Katz Pimlico, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 9780712667869 The main aim of occult practices is “to...

Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think edited by Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley Oxford University Press,  ISBN 0-19-929116-0 This sparkling collection of essays...

Freemasonry by Giles Morgan Pocket Essentials, £9.99 (hb), ISBN 13: 978 1 904048 87 9 Freemasonry is often called a “secret society”, but this seems to be...

The History of Witchcraft by Lois Martin Pocket Essentials 2007, £9.99, ISBN 1-904048-77-3 There is no solid evidence that real organised witch cults ever existed. Martin shows...

How to Start Your Own Secret Society by Nick Harding Oldcastle, £6.99, ISBN 1-904048-84-6 The title is enough of a hint that this is hardly likely to...