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Peak oil and gas - an introduction
We are on the verge of a crisis more serious than anything previously encountered in human history. Yet many people are completely unaware of what lies ahead in the next few decades.
The crisis we face is the peak in oil and gas production. In January 2006 I had become so concerned about this problem that I wrote a letter to my local Member of Parliament. This article is an edited version of that letter.
Interview: Uri Geller - A Sceptical Perspective
Late in 1995 I interviewed Uri Geller for the Reading University student newspaper, Spark. The interview was published in February 1996.
For most of the interview, Mr Geller was charming and polite. However, towards the end of the interview, he became unhappy by my questions about his record of litigation. This culminated in the two of us wrestling to take control of my dictaphone. The tape narrowly escaped being wiped in the process.
This article won the 'Impact Award' at the Guardian/NUS Student Media Awards on 26th October 1996. The Guardian published an extract of the article on 29th October 1996, along with a review by Peter Preston.
This article has also been published in Scienza e Paranormale magazine and in Skeptical Eye.
Article: How does Uri Geller do it?
How do sceptics think Uri Geller achieves some of his most famous psychic phenomena? Here's my article in The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience (ed. Michael Shermer), published in 2002. The book features many different areas of pseudoscience, explained from a sceptical viewpoint.
During his Turquoise Period in the Eighties, David Icke entertained us with some of his bizarre theories. Later, he became a passionate devotee of conspiracy theories espoused by some right-wing extremists.
This is my review of David Icke's talk at Leighton Park School, Reading, on 3rd April 1996.
Interview: Hanging out with Syd / No Noose is Good News
Syd Dernley was Britain's last living executioner when I interviewed him in 1994. It was my first ever assignment as a journalist. He died a few weeks after this interview took place.
Article: The World's Loneliest Isle
The British dependency of Tristan da Cunha is 1320 miles from its nearest inhabited neighbour. This article describes what life is like on this remote volcano in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.