Or possibly three. Or four. Anyway, some excellent write-ups of the encounter between Simon Singh (huzzah!) and the BCA (boo!) today at the Royal Courts of Justice are available from Jack of Kent, Crispian Jago and Padraig Reidy at Index on Censorship, and I very definitely commend them to the house. I want to quote [...]

Yesterday evening saw the Skeptics in the Pub (the skeptics being of London and the pub the Penderel’s Oak) to hear Martin J Robbins (twitter @mjrobbins), of layscience.net and the Guardian, talk on ‘the impossibility of debating homeopathy’. Martin has kindly agreed to send me the slides from his presentation and I will post them [...]

The Westminster Skeptics in the Pub gathered last night in a different pub, the Old Monk, for a different type of event- a discussion on ‘what difference does political blogging really make?’ The evening focussed around a couple of questions; what is the relationship between traditional journalism and blogging, and is it sustainable; and what [...]

Brian Dunning does one of my favourite podcasts, Skeptoid, dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture. Brian has produced a short, forty-minute film that “offers a toolbox for recognizing and understanding the dangers of pseudoscience, and appreciation for the reality-based benefits offered by real science.” I thoroughly recommend [...]

Yes, it’s the first interview with DJ Grothe since taking over at the James Randi Educational Foundation and includes exciting news about The Amaz!ng Meeting London. For the full interview with DJ Grothe of the JREF, visit the Pod Delusion.

One of my favourite YouTubers goes by the handle of Thunderf00t and he has uploaded an interview he did with Richard Dawkins. I also recommend Thunderf00t’s excellent and amusing series, ‘Why do people laugh at creationists?‘ and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science is also on YouTube. xD.

In 2008, the Psychics and Mediums Network posted some predictions for 2009. There will be an assassination attempt on Barack Obama (UPDATE: Looks like this one may have happened before the 2009 date predicted. There was a neo-nazi assaination plot foiled on 27th October 2008. Note that these predictions were posted on the 9th October [...]

Come on over and listen to me interviewing the fabulous Ariane Sherine – thankyou, Ariane! The Pod Delusion is a podcast about interesting things. From scepticism to lefty liberal things, it’s commentary from a secular, rationalist, ‘Guardianista’, sort of perspective. A bit like From Our Own Correspondent but with more jokes. This week: Ariane Sherine [...]

Professor David Nutt has kindly allowed me to put his presentation on estimating drug harms from Monday 16th. [SWF]http://www.davecole.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/westminter-sceptics-nov-09-.swf, 520, 390[/SWF] Click the image above to move to the next slide. You can also see this as a full-screen flash presentation, a PDF or a PowerPoint. Please note that these slides are copyright David Nutt [...]