FT330
Fortean Times #330 (August 2015)
- Release date: 23 Jul 2015
- Cover Image: Etienne Gilfillan - Thanks to David Newton
- Zinio version
Strange Days
Supercentenarian round-up, cunning canines, gateways to Hell, Sinatra haunts Vegas, floating city above Nigeria, Texas worm mystery, dreadful diets, missing time, Richard Dadd, the Met's UFO files, virgin birth sawfish - and much more.
- 05 The Conspirasphere by Noel Rooney
- 12 Science: The Alchemical Resurrection by David Hambling
- 16 Archaeology by Paul Sieveking
- Princely Tomb Found
- High Times on Dartmoor
- Say it with Flowers
- Britain's Oldest Brain
- 17 Classical Corner - 190: Not Quite The Archers by Barry Baldwin
- 18 Ghostwatch: Ol' Blue Eyes is Back by Alan Murdie
- 20 The Art of Bedlam: Richard Dadd by David V Barrett
- 22 Fortean Follow-ups
- 23 Mythconceptions - 91: Sucking Out the Poison by Mat Coward
- 24 Necrolog
- Alexander Imich
- Sashimani Devi
- Joan Moore by Steve Marshall
- 25 Fairies and Folklore: Not on Your Nellie by Simon Young
- 26 the UFO Files
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and David Clarke
- Apocalypse Now! The Met Files
- Loch Up Your Thoughters!
- UFO Casebook: The Missing Hours by Jenny Randles
- Flyingsaucery by Andy Roberts and David Clarke
Contents
- 10 Tbilisi's Homeless Hippo - Flash floods leave wild animals roaming the streets of the Georgian capital
- 20 The Art of Bedlam - Richard Dadd on display
- 36 The Immortal Yew - In search of Britain's most ancient trees
- 16 Celtic Hoard - A prince's treasure unearthed
- 52 Political Animals - Idi Amin versus the talking tortoise
Features
30 Human Lightning Rods (cover story)
For most people, being struck by lightning is not a pleasant experience, and often a fatal one. Yet some men and women have suffered repeated strikes with only minor injuries, while other claim to be healed or transformed in the process. Louis Proud looks at some survivors' stories.
36 The Immortal Yew
Yews are among our oldest trees, but just how old are Britain's yews, and do they predate the churchyards in which they stand? Steve Marshall searches for clues.
44 The Ghost and the Poet
What happened when a hard-drinking fin de siecle poet found himself the victim of an apparent haunting? Jan Bondeson throws new light on the 'Egham Case'.
46 Saving Private Forteana
A safe home is urgently needed for fortean archives. Bob Rickard explains how he found a solution in Sweden's Archive for the Unexplained.
Reports
28 Blasts from the Past - No 58. The phantom anaesthetists, part two by Theo Paijmans
50 Building a Fortean Library - No 1. Many a quaint and curious volume by The Hierophant's Apprentice
52 Strange Statesmen - No 4. Political animals: Idi Amin by SD Tucker
Forum
57 One of our sea gods is missing by Joanna Brannif
58 Hobnobbing with the hobs by Bob Fischer
Regulars
02 Editorial
- Shocks to the System
- Bolts From the Blue
- Night of the Living Fox
- Cartoon by Martin Ross
61 Reviews
73 Letters
78 Reader Info
79 Phenomenomix
80 Strange Deaths
Masthead
- Editor - David Sutton
- Founding Editor - Bob Rickard
- Founding Editor - Paul Sieveking
- Art Director - Etienne Gilfillan
- Book Reviews Editor - Val Stevenson
- Resident Cartoonist - Hunt Emerson