http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/ The latest Commentary from Fortean Times UK en-GB Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:54:11 +0100 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:54:11 +0100 webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5509/constantines_vision.html Was Constantine the Great's heavenly sighting cooked up after the event? Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:35:57 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5506/forseeing_a_fortean_future.html Why the scepticism surrounding Professor Daryl J Bem's positive psi results poses challenges for mainstream science Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:29:12 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5176/the_doubly_divided_self.html According to Stan Gooch, the roots of human conflict (and political disagreement) can be traced back to mankind's dual ancestry and divided brain. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:55:40 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5197/susan_hiller_and_the_subconscious.html Major retrospective for artist who works in the flickering realms of dream, memory and intuition Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:32:49 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5095/kinetica_art_fair.html Kinetica's artistic and technological feats wow and amaze. Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:32:28 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5077/doug_foster_the_naughty_chair.html Art inspired by CIA mind-control experiments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:01:38 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5050/the_witching_hour.html New exhibition makes the strange spooky Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:01:44 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/5014/high_society.html Exhibition charting the massive cultural and economic significance of narcotics throughout the ages and around the world Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:10:34 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4990/meeting_jesus_at_oxford.html Why are undergraduates at Britain's oldest and most respected universities more likely to undergo conversion to fundamentalist forms of Christianity than other students? Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:47:56 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4966/tle_and_anomalous_experience.html Brain malfunction and the paranormal Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:26:48 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4942/the_case_for_cryptids.html How useful is the concept of the cryptid? Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:03:06 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4939/folklore_society_conference.html A weekend of debates on the topic of 'Death in Legend and Tradition'. Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:50:17 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4909/the_occult_moustache.html The myth and magic of facial hair Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:22:56 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4819/the_victorian_shaman.html Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' continues to enchant audiences even today - but why? Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:05:50 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4654/book_of_the_dead.html Enter the strange and dangerous realm of the ancient Egyptian afterlife at new British Museum exhibition Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:58:26 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4309/a_fortean_at_the_fringe_2010.html Alan Moore, Cthulhu, The Man Who Sees Dead People and the Great Beast himself stalk the boards in Edinburgh Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:04:52 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/4003/the_monster_manual.html Fantasy role-playing games are no guide to reaching cryptozoological conclusions Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:27:46 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/3796/megalithomania_2010.html Unrecognised pyramids, Eden and Egypt, landscape zodiacs and archaeoacoustics Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:07:22 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/3739/the_surreal_house.html Buildings of the mind Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:59:36 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/3475/mapping_the_clouds.html The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull has shown us the difficulty of dealing with – or even representing – an invisible menace Tue, 18 May 2010 12:17:17 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/3451/mary_kings_ghost_fest_2010.html Recording spirit voices, a Burke and Hare-themed walk, and how to be a ghost hunter Mon, 17 May 2010 12:38:44 +0100 0