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It was founded in 1987 by [[Wendy M. Grossman]], and subsequently edited from 1988 to 1998 by [http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/ Toby Howard] ([[The University of Manchester]], UK) and [http://www.cse.salford.ac.uk/staff/S.E.Donnelly/ Professor Steve Donnelly] ([[University of Salford]], UK).
It was founded in 1987 by [[Wendy M. Grossman]], and subsequently edited from 1988 to 1998 by [http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby/ Toby Howard] ([[The University of Manchester]], UK) and [http://www.cse.salford.ac.uk/staff/S.E.Donnelly/ Professor Steve Donnelly] ([[University of Salford]], UK).


The magazine is now a student edited magazine from the [[Anomalistic psychology]] Research Unit of [[Goldsmiths College]], [[University of London|London]] and is compiled by Lindsay Kallis<ref>http://skeptic.org.uk/</ref> and Professor [[Chris French]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/14/research-highereducation | title=Weird ... or what? | publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=Oct 14, 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-11-11 }}</ref>. It is a [[non-profit]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} , [[quarterly]] publication which aims to serve "journalists, teachers, psychologists, and inquisitive people of all ages".
The magazine is now edited by Professor [[Chris French]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/staff/french/ | title=Weird ... or what? | publisher=[[Goldsmiths, University of London]] |date=September 18, 2008}</ref> (Editor-in-Chief) and Lindsay Kallis (Managing Editor)<ref>http://skeptic.org.uk/</ref> from the [[Anomalistic Psychology]] Research Unit of [[Goldsmiths]], [[University of London|University of London]]. It is a [[quarterly]] publication which aims to serve "journalists, teachers, psychologists, and inquisitive people of all ages".

There are eleven regular columnists and authors contributing articles to the publication; Julian Baggini, Jon Cohen, Jon Donnis, Mark Duwe, Chris French, Wendy M Grossman, Mike Heap, Lindsay Kallis, Tracy King, Paul Taylor and Mark Williams.

The magazine is also supported by an Editorial Advisory Board consisting of the following thirty seven individuals: James Alcock, Julian Baggini, Susan Blackmore, Derren Brown, Scott Campbell, David Clarke, David Colquhoun, Brian Cox, Richard Dawkins, Sergio Della Sala, Edzard Ernst, Richard J. Evans, Stephen Fry, 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, P Z Myers, Mark Newbrook, Charles Paxton, Phil Plait, Massimo Polidoro, Benjamin Radford, James Randi, Ian Rowland, Karl Sabbagh, Simon Singh, Karen Stollznow and Richard Wiseman.


==Official podcast==
==Official podcast==

Revision as of 01:09, 18 September 2009

The Skeptic
Editor-in-ChiefChris French, Ph.D., BA, CPsychol, FBPsS, FRSA
CategoriesScience magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherCommittee for Skeptical Inquiry and Skeptical Inquirer
First issue1987
Country UK
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.skeptic.org.uk
ISSN0959-5228

The Skeptic is a United Kingdom 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."

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).

The magazine is now edited by Professor Chris French[1] (Editor-in-Chief) and Lindsay Kallis (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".

There are eleven regular columnists and authors contributing articles to the publication; Julian Baggini, Jon Cohen, Jon Donnis, Mark Duwe, Chris French, Wendy M Grossman, Mike Heap, Lindsay Kallis, Tracy King, Paul Taylor and Mark Williams.

The magazine is also supported by an Editorial Advisory Board consisting of the following thirty seven individuals: James Alcock, Julian Baggini, Susan Blackmore, Derren Brown, Scott Campbell, David Clarke, David Colquhoun, Brian Cox, Richard Dawkins, Sergio Della Sala, Edzard Ernst, Richard J. Evans, Stephen Fry, 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, P Z Myers, Mark Newbrook, Charles Paxton, Phil Plait, Massimo Polidoro, Benjamin Radford, James Randi, Ian Rowland, Karl Sabbagh, Simon Singh, Karen Stollznow and Richard Wiseman.

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].

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].

References

  1. ^ {{cite news | url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/staff/french/ | title=Weird ... or what? | publisher=Goldsmiths, University of London |date=September 18, 2008}
  2. ^ http://skeptic.org.uk/
  3. ^ "Why blogs are going straight to video". The Guardian. Jan 17, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  4. ^ "Critic's Choice by Robert Moss". The Independent. Aug 18, 2006. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  5. ^ "Weekly web trawl: ephemera, anger and smut". The Guardian. Feb 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  6. ^ http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/

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