Past Events

We have been running Skeptics in the Pub events promoting skepticism in Cambridge since 2009.

28/04/2026	Ian Ridpath	The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case: Deconstructing a Myth
31/03/2026	Dr David Miles	The Common Cold: 30,000 Years of the Sniffles
24/02/2026	Meirion Jones	How They Hide the Truth from You
27/01/2026	Prof Christopher Marquis	The Profiteers: How Business Privatizes Profit and Socializes Costs
25/11/2025	Dr Harry Cliff	Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging our Understanding of the Universe
22/10/2025	Dr Christopher Labos	Superfood or Supertoxic: How Debunking Food Myths Can Teach People About Scientific Skepticism
30/09/2025	Prof Magda Osman	Psychological Harm, Why Is It Becoming of Interest, and Do We Need to Address It?
26/08/2025	Dr Darren Stevens	Emotional Intelligence: The Emperor’s New Mood Ring
01/08/2025	Dr Karen Stollznow & Matthew Baxter	How NOT to Do a Paranormal Investigation
09/07/2025	Dr Lee McIntyre	Disinformation, Denialism, and the Assault on Truth
24/06/2025	Dr Clive Boddy	Corporate Psychopaths
13/05/2025	Prof Richard Wiseman	How to Transform a Tea Towel into a Chicken and Other Mysteries
29/04/2025	Dr Arik Kershenbaum	Would It Ever Be Possible to Talk to Animals?
25/03/2025	Henrik Schøneberg	Wisdom of the Crowd
25/02/2025	Dr Malcolm Schofield	Conspirituality: Exploring the Crossover between Spirituality and Conspiracy Belief
28/01/2025	Prof Neil Lawrence	What An I Can Do That AI Can’t
26/11/2024	Prof Chris French	The Psychology of Ghosts and Hauntings
29/10/2024	Deborah Hyde	The Vampire of Croglin Grange
15/10/2024	Dr Brian Sharpless	Monsters on the Couch
10/09/2024	Dr Stuart Vyse	The Uses of Delusion