An anthology of american strangeness

There’s a bit of a spooky feel to this month’s proceedings. Our cover story concerns the notorious Kentish village of Pluckley, frequently cited in the press and popular ghost books as “the most haunt

WINDINGS NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE ...

TRICKS LITERARY ILLUSIONS Performance magic and Victorian ...

“IF WE GET KIDNAPPED BY ELVES, THAT’S PROBABLY NOT COVERED BY BBC INSURANCE". Photographer Mark chews slowly on a mouthful of wasabi-coated fish pieces and grimaces. At my sudden outburst or the food,

Joe Nickell – one of the most distinctive and influential agents of the ‘humanist-skeptic’ movement spearheaded by the US-based Committee for Scientific Inquiry (CSI; formerly CSICOP) – died recently

From a distance, Almscliffe Crag in Wharfedale looks like a ruined citadel: a jagged spine of millstone grit rising between Leeds and Harrogate. Today it draws climbers and sightseers. But in the year