Finally it's official, I am awarded title of Emeritus Professor of Parapsychology at University of Edinburgh. Hurrah!

Spending time with family over the holidays? Read our latest blog on what to do when someone brings up conspiracy theories… research.kent.ac.uk/conspiracy-fx/…

The SPR is more influential than you might think...

The Telepathy Tapes: A Dangerous Cornucopia of Pseudoscience In his new "Behavior & Belief" column for SI Online, Stuart Vyse looks at the Telepathy Tapes, currently the most popular podcast in the United States. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-…

Looking forward to reading this Repeater Books Dan Evans

More on the popular podcast The Telepathy Tapes, this time from Janyce Boynton “Listening to the podcast, for me, was like being hit with a tidal wave of misinformation by a credulous documentarian and an academic who should know better” Facilitated Communication is Not Science facilitatedcommunication.org/blog/fcs-lesse…

David Lynch, the singular American filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist who conjured dreams and nightmares of unsettling beauty and psychic horror, has died. He was 78. rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m…

Congratulations to all #derbyuni graduating students Psychology at Derby Prof Kath Mitchell CBE #derbygrad

Had a great time talking to Katie Tyler on BBC Radio Solent about horror films (around the 41-minute mark) Psychology at Derby Prof Kath Mitchell CBE University of Derby DerbyUniPress bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural Ben Machell in conversation with Sarah Sparkes on paranormal stories from the archives of one of The Society for Psychical Research top investigators. 25 September 2025 Conway Hall Tickets/Details: forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/chasin… Little, Brown UK

Sad news.

Looking forward to reading this The Society for Psychical Research

So pleased to have been included in this piece by the Times Higher Education on critical thinking in teaching and research University of Derby Psychology at Derby Prof Kath Mitchell CBE timeshighereducation.com/campus/critica…

Can you help out with my PhD student's research into paranormal beliefs and experiences, please?

It arrived! Ben Machell The Society for Psychical Research

"Accounts of psychic phenomena fuel BEN MACHELL’s new suspense-filled book": buzzmag.co.uk/chasing-dark-b…

🚨New open access paper out in BJP special issue "Psychological Understanding of Misinformation and Disinformation in the Face of Environmental Crises"! “Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta-conspiracy framing” 🧵👇 1/12 📖 doi.org/10.1111/bjop.7…

#MondayMorning back teaching #parapsychology at UniofNorthampton . Such a wonderful weekend at The Society for Psychical Research 48th conference, Oxford. Finishing with a panel on Tony Cornell hosted by Prof. Richard Wiseman Thank you to all involved for making the weekend what it was!! 📚👻 🧠 📈 📊

I’m in the LADbible talking about why people enjoy horror films ladbible.com/originals/why-… University of Derby Psychology at Derby Prof Kath Mitchell CBE

Looking forward to this event at my local bookshop eventbrite.co.uk/e/summoned-to-…