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Plagues and Plots

November 29, 2021November 8, 2023 Deborah 3609 Views

From flagellants to anti-vax protests, history shows us that when the going gets tough, the conspiracy theorists get going. This

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Folklore of the malign and macabre. Former Ed. @TheSkepticMag. Regular #Uncanny expert. Fellow: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Patron: Humanists UK.

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4 Dec

It's back! @LondonSkeptics returned with 'Krampus: Santa's Little Helper' yesterday evening. Thank you to @carmenego and Serdar for arranging everything.

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3 Dec

Deborah Hyde ⁦@jourdemayne⁩ kicks off the newly revived series of talks for London SitP with a great Xmas talk on Krampus

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1 Dec

Great afternoon chatting to the veteran Alan Class – so important to British comics history. Alan was happy (phew) with the foreword I wrote for his new Creepy Worlds Annual (Jack Kirby cover!). Talked to Steve Jones about the book he and I are working on-- copacetically!

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24 Nov

Here are Tracey and Mark Norman from the @folklorepod at @ConwayHall on Saturday for @ForteanLondon 's 'Haunted Landscape'. Great to catch up!

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