Hayley is a ghost

Sophia

Hayley — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:45:21 +0000

Categories: musings

It’s a bit morbid, but on the bookshelf in my bedroom, sitting between the Discworld novels and the Stephen King books there is a small blue book called ‘Funerals without God’. It was authored by Jane Wynne Willson for the British Humanist Association. It’s a guide on how to conduct a Humanist funeral and scribbled [...]

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Bownessie, oh Bownessie

Hayley — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:09:16 +0000

Categories: paranormal, Skepticism

Tags: 2012, adams, bownessie, dean, Knoblett, lake, linden, maynard, monster, proof

Rather oddly (some would say), the Bownessie lake monster has made the BBC news website here and here. Not because new ‘evidence’ has emerged, not because people have finally accepted that both myself and Dr Ian Winfield are correct in our guesses that it isn’t a monster but is in fact an animal or fish being misidentified, [...]

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Is there anybody there?

Hayley — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:08:32 +0000

Categories: paranormal, Skepticism

Tags: cfi, ghosts, hayley, paranormal, skeptic, stevens, talk

In January I spoke for the Centre For Inquiry about ghosts, ghost hunting and ghost hunters. The CFI have since made the video of the talk available and I have embedded it below. This was a brand new talk I hadn’t delivered before, there was also an issue with the sound and I was also [...]

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Intimidation as a distraction

Hayley — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:07:56 +0000

Categories: paranormal

Tags: allegations, attack, criticisms, don, philip, skeptic

You may remember that a while ago I blogged about a man called Don Philip who in involved with a paranormal group called GSI UK. After I was critical of the methods they used on investigations I was subjected to abuse from Don. You can read about it here and here, but to summarise the [...]

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The Animal Panel at QED

Hayley — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:13:05 +0000

Categories: paranormal, Skepticism

Tags: big, cat, cryptozoolgy, monsters, qed

It has recently been announced that I am going to be speaking on ‘The Animal Panel’ at the QED Conference in March 2012. This is the second QED conference and will be the second time I’ve spoken on a panel for them and I’m very excited to be doing so. I will be speaking alongside [...]

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I forgive you, Stranger

Hayley — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:58:26 +0000

Categories: atheism

I was going to write an in depth blog post today about the person who tried to get me sacked because of the complaint I made to the ASA recently. Despite not publishing anywhere on the internet where I work, and ensuring I didn’t bring the name of my employers into the situation in anyway, [...]

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Brian McClinton thinks I’m trying to censor people?

Hayley — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:34:55 +0000

Categories: musings, Skepticism

Brian McClinton from the Humanist Associatio of Northern Ireland today claimed that the ASA adjudication against HOTS Bath was wrong and potentially a freedom of speech issue, during an interview with the BBC’s ’everyday ethics’ programme (you can listen directly here) I find this extremely disappointing. The premise of the complaint was nothing to do with religion, or the [...]

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Healing claims being made across the UK

Hayley — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:42:14 +0000

Categories: atheism, Skepticism

I didn’t know that ‘Healing on the Streets’ (HOTS) was as widespread a group in the UK as it is. I did a search on Facebook a day or so ago and found dozens of branches of HOTS who operate in their local areas. It turns out that they may be making similar claims to [...]

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‘but atheist Hayley Stevens…’

Hayley — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:24:07 +0000

Categories: atheism

Tags: atheist, bath, christians, hayley, healing, prayer, stevens

I recently wrote about the complaint I made to the ASA about a group of people who were making claims about treating specific illnesses through prayer. Since writing my blog post it was picked up by the media and just… well… exploded. Bath Chronicle | Fox News | Daily Mail | BBC News | Western [...]

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Bath Chronicle write about my complaint

Hayley — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:00:06 +0000

Categories: Skepticism

Tags: a, ASA, bath, blog, complaint, ghost, hayley, healing, HOTS, is, of, on, stevens, streets, the

This morning, the Bath Chronicle have written a piece covering the complaint I made to the ASA about ‘Healing on the Streets’ Bath. They mentioned that I blog here and I am sure many people may find my blog as a result. I would ask that anyone who does come here as a result to [...]

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