Fortean Times

Fortean Times chronicles the stranger side of life, delivering a heady mix of weird world news, up-to-date reports and features on every aspect of the unexplained: myths, monsters, ghosts and UFOs rub shoulders with ancient wonders and future science, while expert columnists bring you the latest on everything from cryptozoology to conspiracy theory. Open-minded, well informed and maintaining a healthy sense of humour, Fortean Times is the only place to go for a sensible look at our mad planet – it will change the way you see the world.

Fortean Times

EDITORIAL

A SELECTION OF FORTEAN BOOKS FROM AMBERLEY PUBLISHING • FIVE LUCKY WINNERS WILL EACH RECEIVE A SET OF THREE FORTEAN BOOKS

HEXHAM HEADS UP! • BBC archivists use AI voice recognition to find “holy grail” of paranormal television

VAMPIRE RESURRECTED • 3D recreation brings back the undead

EXTRA! EXTRA! • FT’S FAVOURITE HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SIDELINES

ANIMAL ANTICS • Raccoon siege, squirrel pandemonium, a marathon-running goat and more…

PRIESTS GONE BAD • Men of the cloth indulge in sex, drugs and hoover bothering

BLESS THE BEASTS • The spirit of St Francis is invoked on World Animal Day

CLASSICAL CORNER • FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

ARCHÆOLOGY • PAUL SIEVEKING unearths a trio of remarakable rings, a 1,000-year-old Belgian brain and more

FOUR WITCHES AND A WARLOCK • A rare opportunity to view a collection of lesser works by five important occult-inclined artists at the east London wunderkammer of Viktor Wynd. DAVID V BARRETT knocks back some absinthe and braves the gloom…

Ghost season • ALAN MURDIE begins a festive two-part survey of Christmas hauntings in fact and fiction

THE CONSPIRASPHERE • In most mainstream systems of thought, the craziest outliers do not represent the whole; so why, asks NOEL ROONEY, is conspiracy theory treated so differently?

ALIEN ZOO • KARL SHUKER finds that AI’s problem with feet extends to phoney crypto-critters

PRIVATE PARTS • Underwear makes news in China, while an Iranian man sees pink during sex and an investment banker gets intimate with a tree in Kensington Gardens

STRANGE CONTINENT • ULRICH MAGIN rounds up the Euro-weirdness for Christmas, from Moby’s dick to shitting logs

MEDICAL BAG • Another batch of health-related horrors, from terrifying tapeworm infestations and invasive cockroaches to Florida’s worst surgeon…

MYTHCONCEPTIONS • 286: THE CHRISTMAS ROBIN

NEW SPACE ODDITIES • CSI in space, cheese on a rocket, lunar Lego, alien sun tans and meteorite-infused vodka…

FAIRIES, FOLKLORE AND FORTEANA • SIMON YOUNG FILES A NEW REPORT FROM THE INTERFACE OF STRANGE PHENOMENA AND FOLK BELIEF

They are us • NIGEL WATSON asks if cosmic entities are working behind the scenes – or is it just our own minds?

Ministerial affairs • JENNY RANDLES recalls the only time she managed to get a meeting at the Ministry of Defence

THE BOLD STREET TIME SLIPS • After two of his friends independently reported weird temporal anomalies in Liverpool, ROB GANDY decided to investigate. But these were not isolated cases, says DR ANN WINSPER as she shares her files on this apparent hotspot for time slip experiences…

THE BOLD STREET FILES • Dr Ann Winsper shares some of the time slip cases she has collected

Slipping Through Time • Dr Ann Winsper provides an anatomy of time slips and asks how we might attempt to explain them

Opening the Box of Delights • In 1984, the BBC’s ambitious adaptation of John Masefield’s The Box of Delights became a highlight of the Christmas TV schedules. As the uncanny fantasy classic turns 40, LISA GLEDHILL meets the viewers who...