London Skeptics in the Pub

02/04/2026

Breaking news: London Fortean Society are hosting a whole day of weirdness on 18th April. Check the link for more. https://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/02/strange-central-2026-mysteries-monsters.html

A day of ghosts, monsters, UFOs and Fortean strangeness on 18 April 202 at Conway Hall, central London and online. Join the London Fortean S...

02/04/2026

Many thanks to Naomi Ryan for the enlightening talk yesterday and post-talk round-table discussion. It was entertaining to say the least.

01/04/2026

Friendly reminder for tonight!

Our next talk is on 1 April with Naomi Ryan!

The Devil’s Advocate: Demons and the Law. A look at real legal cases involving possession, witchcraft, and other supernatural claims — and how courts have handled them.

More info: https://sitp.online/sitp/london/ -talk

24/03/2026

Our next talk is on 1 April with Naomi Ryan!

The Devil’s Advocate: Demons and the Law. A look at real legal cases involving possession, witchcraft, and other supernatural claims — and how courts have handled them.

More info: https://sitp.online/sitp/london/ -talk

26/01/2026

London Skeptics in the Pub on 4 Feb with investigative journalist Meirion Jones and How THEY stop you finding out the TRUTH. A look at the Freedom of Information Act, what it briefly revealed, and how secrecy closed back in.

More info: https://sitp.online/sitp/london/ -talk

29/12/2025

London Skeptics in the Pub continues on 7 Jan with Professor Chris French talking about The Science of Weird S**t — why paranormal experiences feel so real, and how psychology explains them.
More info: https://sitp.online/sitp/london/ -talk

20/11/2025

Skeptics in the Pub is finally back in London with Deborah Hyde!

We’re kicking off our return on 3 Dec with Deborah Hyde, who’ll talk about Krampus and the folklore that shadows St Nicholas. A great way to restart our long-running tradition.

More info: https://sitp.online/sitp/london/ -talk

02/09/2022

How herpes got its stigma - the great aciclovir scam

“It is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” – Mark Twain You can download a PDF of this article. An article by Nigel Scott For anyone in the twenty first century it is hard to believe that there was a time when ‘herpes’ was not a stigmatised and […]

26/11/2021

I'll just leave this here for you...

“End Times preacher Sharon Gilbert says that an alien imitated her husband, and then it tried to have s*x with her, and then it claimed to be Xerxes, and then Jesus got involved, and then the alien turned out to be a reptile with a posse of gargoyles. https://t.co/aBqC2IMSqn”

21/10/2021

A balanced look at reports of women being spiked with needles in clubs

As police forces investigate reports of women being victims of "spiking injections" and the Home Secretary requests an urgent update, what is actually going on?