The time since the last one had been incalculable, the logistic difficulties seemed insurmountable and it was a bit on the rainy side, but we did it! Yes, the 12th (count ’em) Fortean Times UnConvention took place at the University of Westminster over the weekend of 1–2 November, to the edification and bedazzlement of all who attended.


Well perhaps that was just me, but by 5pm on the Sunday I was staggering slightly from an overload of ideas, images, arguments and coffee (not to mention fascinating period underwear courtesy of the final item on the programme.) I shouldn’t start at the end, but that tends to be the first point at which you see the weekend clearly, with the result that you immediately want to clamber into a time-loop and do the whole thing again, this time watching all the talks you missed, continuing the great conversations and possibly ingesting less caffeine.