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22nd July 2026
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Michael Marshall
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24th June 2026
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Robyn Lowe
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20th July 2026
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The conspiracy theorists who now hold local council seats across the UK
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26th June 2026
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Michael Marshall
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24th June 2026
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4th September 2026
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Gideon Reid
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31st July 2026
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Gabriel Andrade
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27th July 2026
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The underwhelming reality of the White House’s own ‘Disclosure Day’
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26th August 2026
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Brian Eggo
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26th June 2026
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Bill Hicks embodied all the good and bad of High Weirdness
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3rd June 2026
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29th May 2026
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2nd September 2026
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31st August 2026
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Leaving aside the wonder and the doom, we should appreciate the real-world arithmetic cost of AI
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24th August 2026
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Even amid extreme heatwaves, well-funded climate change deniers continue to spread doubt
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14th August 2026
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The impressive thing about AI isn’t whether it thinks – it’s how well it can judge how we think
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The Missing Airmen of Charles Fort’s Wild Talents
Paul Chambers
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30th January 2002
From the archives, Paul Chambers investigates the bizarre case of the vanishing airmen in Chapter 17 of Charles Fort’s Wild Talents.
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Mrs Gaskell’s Elephant: the true story of a hoax
Chris Willis
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23rd January 2002
From the archives, Chris Willis writes about a hoax elephant story which fooled several experts on nineteenth-century culture.
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Nostradamus and 9/11: picking apart the proposed prophecy
David Hambling
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1st October 2001
From the archives, David Hambling takes a look at the predictions of Nostradamus in relation to the tragic events that took place in America on September 11th 2001
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Reinventing the Past: Why rely on orthodox historical study when you can invent your own?
Rachel Carthy
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1st September 2001
From the archives, Rachel Carthy looks at the burgeoning free-for-all she calls cryptohistory
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From the archive:Â Virgin Mary ‘appears’ in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hilary Evans
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2nd July 1991
From the archives in 1991, Hilary Evans examines the claims that the Virgin Mary appeared to teenagers in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1981.
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From the archives:Â a chat with James Randi, the charming charlatan
Steve Donnelly
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1st July 1991
From the archives in 1991, Steve Donnelly sits down with skeptic, magician, atheist and charlatan, James 'The Amazing' Randi
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From the archive: Scientology is more dangerous than we might think
Allen Hunt
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4th May 1991
From the archives in 1991, Allen Hunt responds to coverage of Scientology, arguing that the cult is more dangerous than people may have thought
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From the archive: Sharp Blades or Sharp Practice? Czechoslovakian pyramid power
Harry Edwards
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3rd May 1991
From the archives in 1991, Harry Edwards examines claims of the mysterious and miraculous power of pyramids, from then Czechoslovakia
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