Deborah Hyde
@deborahhyde.bsky.social
Dark folklore.
Former Ed. @TheSkepticMag. Regular #Uncanny expert. Fellow: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Patron: Humanists UK.
Former Ed. @TheSkepticMag. Regular #Uncanny expert. Fellow: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Patron: Humanists UK.
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Happy Darwin Day! Come see the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social give the animal DD @humanists.uk lecture. He is one of the best lecturers I’ve ever seen. Tonight!
humanists.uk/events/darwi...
humanists.uk/events/darwi...
The Darwin Day Lecture series
The Darwin Day Lecture 2018 – The evolution of human morality Logan Hall, Institute of Education Evolutionary psychologist Dr Diana S. Fleischman presented a study of the origins of human morality, th...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Happy Darwin Day! Come see the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social give the animal DD @humanists.uk lecture. He is one of the best lecturers I’ve ever seen. Tonight!
humanists.uk/events/darwi...
humanists.uk/events/darwi...
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
Went to 'The Last Days of Pompeii Immersive Experience' today. Here are some piccies from the photobooth. The left one is the Roman lady filter and the right one is the Ellen de Generes filter.
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Went to 'The Last Days of Pompeii Immersive Experience' today. Here are some piccies from the photobooth. The left one is the Roman lady filter and the right one is the Ellen de Generes filter.
Here is the official video of the Wycombe Wyrm day which was happening this time last week, and was organised by Stevyn Colgan and Mark Page www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1od...
Wyrd Wycombe Pageaent 2026
YouTube video by Jay Kilpatrick
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February 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Here is the official video of the Wycombe Wyrm day which was happening this time last week, and was organised by Stevyn Colgan and Mark Page www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1od...
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It always takes me by surprise at this time of year but… the year is now 10% over! carpe diem! youtu.be/6liD8TdlJFA?...
The Specials - Enjoy Yourself It's Later Than You Think (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Specials
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February 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
It always takes me by surprise at this time of year but… the year is now 10% over! carpe diem! youtu.be/6liD8TdlJFA?...
The 'Wyrd Wycombe' bunch have made the papers! I don't normally dress like this on a Sunday, but we were in a re-enactment & festival organised by the amazing Stevyn Colgan & his friend Mark. Long live the Wyrd. I'll be there next year and you'll love it too.
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The 'Wyrd Wycombe' bunch have made the papers! I don't normally dress like this on a Sunday, but we were in a re-enactment & festival organised by the amazing Stevyn Colgan & his friend Mark. Long live the Wyrd. I'll be there next year and you'll love it too.
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Who was the first modern pagan?
That is, who was the first person in modern times to embrace revived pre-Christian religion?
The answer may surprise you.
That is, who was the first person in modern times to embrace revived pre-Christian religion?
The answer may surprise you.
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Who was the first modern pagan?
That is, who was the first person in modern times to embrace revived pre-Christian religion?
The answer may surprise you.
That is, who was the first person in modern times to embrace revived pre-Christian religion?
The answer may surprise you.
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I've posted an article on him here, including one of his satirical pieces against Christianity which has never before been published:
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-first-...
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-first-...
The first modern pagan
John Fransham, the Norwich polytheist
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I've posted an article on him here, including one of his satirical pieces against Christianity which has never before been published:
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-first-...
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-first-...
I'm sure public life (including international) was always this scuzzy, but perhaps we're noticing it more at the moment.
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I'm sure public life (including international) was always this scuzzy, but perhaps we're noticing it more at the moment.
2/2 If you want to know about English 'Revenants', I covered a few of them in @skeptoid.bsky.social skeptoid.com/episodes/999. Thank you to @owenstaton.bsky.social for the wonderful voice artistry in this one.
Day of the Medieval Dead - Skeptoid
Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality.
skeptoid.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
2/2 If you want to know about English 'Revenants', I covered a few of them in @skeptoid.bsky.social skeptoid.com/episodes/999. Thank you to @owenstaton.bsky.social for the wonderful voice artistry in this one.
1/2 A dig has found likely evidence of Saxon/Viking era bound burials in England. They (& their companions) were young men & likely to have been fighters, but bound burials for probable religio-supernatural reasons have been found in this country too. (www.cam.ac.uk/stories/wand...)
Cambridge students help unearth possible Viking-era ‘execution pit’ on training dig
A pit containing both complete and dismembered bodies may date to when Cambridgeshire was a borderland between Saxon and Viking kingdoms – and includes an exceptionally tall individual with a hole tre...
www.cam.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
1/2 A dig has found likely evidence of Saxon/Viking era bound burials in England. They (& their companions) were young men & likely to have been fighters, but bound burials for probable religio-supernatural reasons have been found in this country too. (www.cam.ac.uk/stories/wand...)
Here are @ColganStevyn and Mark, organisers of #WyrdWycombe. I'm going to help in the pageant, hence the hair. But I have to say - it keeps you warm too!
February 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Here are @ColganStevyn and Mark, organisers of #WyrdWycombe. I'm going to help in the pageant, hence the hair. But I have to say - it keeps you warm too!
The Jack in the Green at #WyrdWycombe
February 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The Jack in the Green at #WyrdWycombe
The #WyrdWycombe day has started with drums!
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The #WyrdWycombe day has started with drums!
A Catherine O'Hara movie that gets overlooked, but one of the Irish Indies Gabriel Byrne was doing at the time - 'Last of the High Kings'. Lovely coming-of-age movie. And - of - course, she was great.
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A Catherine O'Hara movie that gets overlooked, but one of the Irish Indies Gabriel Byrne was doing at the time - 'Last of the High Kings'. Lovely coming-of-age movie. And - of - course, she was great.
I went to High Wycombe to see Stevyn Colgan & the haunted hare in anticipation of the #WyrdWycombe event THIS SUNDAY! Come and join in. www.instagram.com/wyrd_wycombe/
January 30, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I went to High Wycombe to see Stevyn Colgan & the haunted hare in anticipation of the #WyrdWycombe event THIS SUNDAY! Come and join in. www.instagram.com/wyrd_wycombe/
Great to hear about Victorian Mummymania from @drjaysullivan.bsky.social at last night's @forteanlondon.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Great to hear about Victorian Mummymania from @drjaysullivan.bsky.social at last night's @forteanlondon.bsky.social
Here we are at @forteanlondon.bsky.social to discuss 'Victorian Mummymania'.
January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Here we are at @forteanlondon.bsky.social to discuss 'Victorian Mummymania'.
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Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely!
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely!
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
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I spent the night with a ghost, and I'd do it again. Today on my Substack:
I spent the Night with a Ghost
And I'd do it again.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I spent the night with a ghost, and I'd do it again. Today on my Substack:
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Looking forward to the #RosalindFranklinLecture 5 March! In a fascinating talk on the science of 'fate', Dr Hannah Critchlow invites us to rethink the free will – and asks whether it may, at least in part, be an illusion created by the brain’s need for a coherent story. humanists.uk/events/frank...
The science of fate | The Rosalind Franklin Lecture 2026 | Dr Hannah Critchlow | chaired by Samira Ahmed
For millennia, humanity has wrestled with the concept of destiny. To the ancients, it was the whim of the gods; to Enlightenment thinkers, it was a superstition to be swept away by the autonomous self...
humanists.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Looking forward to the #RosalindFranklinLecture 5 March! In a fascinating talk on the science of 'fate', Dr Hannah Critchlow invites us to rethink the free will – and asks whether it may, at least in part, be an illusion created by the brain’s need for a coherent story. humanists.uk/events/frank...
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My latest for @TheSkepticMag: Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 3: The value of adversarial collaborations skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/explor… via @theskepticmag : https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/exploring-the-limits-of-skepticism-part-3-the-value-of-adversarial-collaborations/
Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 3: The value of adversarial collaborations - The Skeptic
Two small trials failed to prove lucid dreaming was real – so why, when analysing their results together, did a significant result emerge?
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January 16, 2026 at 11:18 AM
My latest for @TheSkepticMag: Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 3: The value of adversarial collaborations skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/explor… via @theskepticmag : https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/01/exploring-the-limits-of-skepticism-part-3-the-value-of-adversarial-collaborations/
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The #FestivalofHumanism, formerly known as Humanists UK Convention, is headed to Bournemouth this 12-14 June in celebration of #WorldHumanistDay. Book your tickets now, and join us for a full weekend of science, philosophy, politics, history, entertainment, and culture!
humanists.uk/events/festi...
humanists.uk/events/festi...
Festival of Humanism 2026 | Bournemouth
humanists.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM
The #FestivalofHumanism, formerly known as Humanists UK Convention, is headed to Bournemouth this 12-14 June in celebration of #WorldHumanistDay. Book your tickets now, and join us for a full weekend of science, philosophy, politics, history, entertainment, and culture!
humanists.uk/events/festi...
humanists.uk/events/festi...
It's a good crowd for the newly relaunched @londonskeptics.bsky.social : it's a 'Science of Weird Shit' talk from @profchrisfrench.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's a good crowd for the newly relaunched @londonskeptics.bsky.social : it's a 'Science of Weird Shit' talk from @profchrisfrench.bsky.social