The Skeptic (UK magazine)
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| Editor-in-Chief | Chris French |
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| Categories | Science magazine |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and Skeptical Inquirer |
| First issue | 1987 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.Skeptic.org.uk |
| ISSN | 0959-5228 |
The Skeptic is a British magazine and is billed as "the UK’s longest running and foremost sceptical magazine, which examines science, scepticism, secularism, critical thinking and claims of the paranormal."
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[edit] History, format and structure
It was founded in 1987 by Wendy M. Grossman, and subsequently edited from 1988 to 1998 by Toby Howard (The University of Manchester, UK) and Professor Steve Donnelly (University of Salford, UK).[citation needed]
The magazine is now edited by Professor Chris French[1] (Editor-in-Chief) and Deborah Hyde (Managing Editor)[2] from the Anomalistic psychology research unit of Goldsmiths, University of London. It is a quarterly publication which aims to serve "journalists, teachers, psychologists, and inquisitive people of all ages".[citation needed]
There are eleven regular columnists and authors contributing articles to the publication; Julian Baggini, Jon Cohen, Mark Duwe, Chris French, David Allen Green, Wendy M Grossman, Mike Heap, Tracy King, Paul Taylor and Mark Williams.[citation needed]
The magazine is also supported by an Editorial Advisory Board consisting of the following individuals: James Alcock, Julian Baggini, Susan Blackmore, Derren Brown, Scott Campbell, David Clarke, David Colquhoun, Brian Cox, Richard Dawkins, Sergio Della Sala, Philip Escoffey, Edzard Ernst, Richard J. Evans, Stephen Fry, David Allen Green, Wendy M. Grossman, Simon Hoggart, Bruce Hood, Ray Hyman, Robin Ince, Paul Kurtz, Stephen Law, Andy Lewis, Scott Lilienfeld, Elizabeth Loftus, Richard McNally, Tim Minchin, PZ Myers, Mark Newbrook, Charles Paxton, Phil Plait, Massimo Polidoro, Benjamin Radford, James Randi, Ian Rowland, Karl Sabbagh, Simon Singh, Karen Stollznow and Richard Wiseman.[citation needed]
[edit] Official podcast
In 2008, an independent, rationalist talk show airing on London's Resonance FM called Little Atoms became The Official Podcast of The Skeptic Magazine.[citation needed] New episodes of the show are released on an almost weekly basis. The show has been produced by Neil Denny, Padraig Reidy, Anthony Burn and Richard Sanderson since September 2005.[3][4][5]
[edit] Lecture series
It is also linked to the long running London based monthly lecture series, Skeptics in the Pub,[citation needed] along with Prof Chris French's Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit lectures at Goldsmiths.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Weird ... or what?". Goldsmiths, University of London. September 18, 2008. http://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/staff/french/.
- ^ http://skeptic.org.uk/
- ^ Marshall, Ben (Jan 17, 2007). "Why blogs are going straight to video". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/jan/16/post9. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Critic's Choice by Robert Moss". The Independent. August 18, 2006. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060818/ai_n16642907/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1. Retrieved 2008-11-11.[dead link]
- ^ Marshall, Ben (February 27, 2007). "Weekly web trawl: ephemera, anger and smut". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/feb/27/weeklywebtrawlpunkexplosio. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/
[edit] See also
- Critical thinking
- FactCheck
- Freethought
- Pseudoscience
- Scientific skepticism
- Skeptical Inquirer
- Skepticism
- Skeptic (U.S. magazine)
- Snopes.com
- The Freethinker (journal)
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
- The Straight Dope
