Today, it has come to light that Claire Davy, the ex-secretary of the Association for Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena stood down against her own wishes. Davy was the 10th trustee (of 13) to leave since June 2024. Only 3 remain: Steve Parsons, Norie Miles, and Bill Eyre. Screenshots have been shared of an email sent from the Founder and Vice President of ASSAP, Hugh Pincott, about his plan for handling Claire Davy and another female ex-trustee, Dr Becky Smith. Pincott’s plan is so deeply misogynistic that I honestly thought it was satire to begin with, but it is genuine. I’ve included below the email in full, followed by my thoughts. ‘And now, something even more revolutionary, which some may not agree with – psychological ju-jitsu! It is agreed that Claire is devious and poisonous, and we must respond with equal cunning. We can probably never defeat her with traditional…
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Loremen Live! Ghosts of the Road
I stepped into the role of Deputy Loreperson when The Loremen were LIVE at the QEDcon in Manchester! In this episode, we meet roadside ghosts and road-adjacent spectres from across the UK (and beyond). Have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? No, neither have we. And these modern legends might make you feel a bit better about it…
QEDcon Day -1: God Awful Gaming
Update: I failed miserably to post each day. Sorry. This weekend, QEDcon takes place! This two-day celebration of science, reason and critical thinking is filled to the brim with talks, panels, workshops and more from speakers across the worlds of science and entertainment. The conference itself takes place on Saturday and Sunday in Manchester, with fringe events happening on the Thursday and Friday in the lead up to the weekend. I usually travel to Manchester on a Friday afternoon to arrive for the pre-conference mixer but this year, I’ve arrived on Thursday instead. As such, I got to attend the Skeptics in the Pub talk hosted by both the Merseyside Skeptics Society and the Greater Manchester Skeptics Society. It was so wonderful to walk into the venue and immediately see familiar faces that I’ve not seen for a year, go grab food with people I consider friends even though we only…
All The Terrible Things
I was recently interviewed by stand up comedian, Jane Postlethwaite, for her Paranormal Queer Comedy podcast All The Terrible Things. I think it was hands down one of the most enjoyable podcast interviews I’ve ever done and this evident in the fact that we spoke for so long that the interview was released across two episodes! Listen to Episode 1: Listen to Episode 2: Jane has a open-minded, genuine curiosity about all things spooky and that shines through in the episodes where she chats about the paranormal with a range of guests. Previous episodes of the podcast include interviews with Ken Summers, as well as Darren Mann from the Paranormal Database. You can find the podcast and subscribe for future episodes it the many places you get your podcasts from! Jane and I discussed a whole range of things including skepticism, paranormal media, interesting cases, psychic mediums, ghost hunting…