FT330
Fortean Times #330 (August 2015)
- Release date: 23 Jul 2015
- Cover price: £4.25
- Cover Image: Etienne Gilfillan - Thanks to David Newton
- Zinio version
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
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
- 80 Strange Deaths
Regulars
Editorial
- 02 Shocks to the System
- Bolts From the Blue
- Night of the Living Fox
- Cartoon by Martin Ross
Reviews
- 61 BOOKS
- Dragons in Zoology, Cryptozoology, and Culture by Dr Karl PN Shuker - ISBN 9781616462154 - Matt Salusbury
- Modern Conspiracy: The Importance of Being Paranoid by Emma A Jane and Chris Fleming - ISBN 9781623560911 - Noel Rooney
- First Light: The Origins of Newgrange by Robert Hensey - ISBN 9781782979517 - Jerry Glover
- Danny Chaucer's Flying Saucer by Christopher Peter - ISBN 9781910571309 - Ujali Lowe (age eight)
- Martians, Morlocks and Moon Landings: How British Science Fiction Conquered the World by Jamie Austin - ISBN 9781909125759 - Steve Toase
- Mermaids by Sophia Kingshill - ISBN 9781908213266 - Val Stevenson
- The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece by Josiah Ober - ISBN 9780691140919 - Barry Baldwin
- Also Received
- The Future of the Mind by Michio Kaku - ISBN 9780141975870
- The Age of Earthquakes by Shuman Basar, Douglas Coupland, Hans Ulrich Obrist - ISBN 9780141979564
- Operation Gladio by Paul L Williams - ISBN 9781616149741
- The Immortal Mind by Ervin Lazlo with Anthony Peake - ISBN 9781620553039
- FILM & DVD
- Ant-Man - Director Peyton Reed, US 2015 - David Sutton
- Maggie - Director Henry Hobson, US 2015 - Daniel King
- Cub - Director Jonas Govaerts, Belgium 2014 - Daniel King
- The Reverend's Review by Reverend Peter Laws
- It Follows - Director David Robert Mitchell, US 2014
- Contamination - Director Luigi Cozzi, Italy 1980
- The Rev's Scary Shorts
- The Sleeping Room - Second Sight - Rev PL
- The Four Warriors - Metrodome - Richmond Clements
- Horns - Lionsgate - Brian J Robb
Letters
- 73 Paul Whyte, Ewan McVicar, Phil Barker, Steve Yates, Marcus Latham, David O'Neil, D Morrow, Tony Eccles, Chris Moiser, Gary Stocker, Tom Bryan
- Simulacra Corner: Sue Mattson
- Cartoon by John Robert Docherty
It Happened to Me
Phenomenomix
- 79 Dion Fortune Part 4 by Hunt Emerson and Kevin Jackson
Reader Info
- 78 Special Correspondents
- Australia - Graham Cordon (SA), Tony Healy (ACT), John Palazzi (NSW), Len Watson (Qld)
- Canada - Brian Chapman (BC), Graham Conway (BC)
- Cyberspace - Richard Alexander, John F Callahan, Hugh Henry, Steve Scanlon, Janet Wilson
- England - Gail-Nina Anderson, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Claire Blamey, Peter Christie, Mat Coward, Kate Eccles, Paul Farthing, George Featherston, Paul Gallagher, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Anne Hardwick, Richard Lowke, Alexis Lykiard, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Tom Ruffles, Meryl Santis, Paul Screeton, Gary Stocker, Roman Suchyj, Frank Thomas, Paul Thomas, Nick Warren, Owen Whiteoak, Bobby Zodiac
- France - Michel Meurger
- Germany - Ulrich Magin
- Holland - Robin Pascoe
- Ireland - Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Andrew Munro
- Israel - Zvi Ron
- New Zealand - Peter Hassall
- Romania - Iosif Boczor
- Scotland - Roger Musson
- Sweden - Sven Rosen
- Thailand - Chris Williams
- USA - Loren Coleman (ME), Jim Conlan (CT), Myron Hoyt (ME), Greg May (FL), Dolores Phelps (TX), Jim Riecken (NY), Joseph Trainor (MA), Jeffrey Vallance (CA), Gary Yates (UT)
- Wales - Janet Bord, Colin Bord
- Fort Sorters (who classify clippings placed in the Archives for Fortean Research)
- Clipping Credits
- Gail-Nina Anderson, Gerard Apps, David V Barrett, Louise Bath, James Beckett, Iosif Boczor, Rachel Carthy, Peter Christie, Terry Colvin, Andy Conlon, Pat Corcoran, Graham Cordon, Mat Coward, Emily Davies, Tom Easton, Kate Eccles, JD Evans, George Featherston, Rob Gandy, Alan Gardiner, Keith George, Alan Gibb, Tony Healy, Richard W Heiden, Hugh Henry, Nigel Herwin, Rosalind Johnson, Diana Lyons, Dave Malin, Nick Maloret, Valerie Martin, Greg May, Steve Moore, John Morgan, Andy Munro, John Palazzi, Jim Price, Tom Ruffles, Steve Scanlon, Jonathan Sibley, Gary Stocker, Frank Thomas, Dave Trevor, Nicholas Warren, Len Watson, Owen Whiteoak, Paul Whyte, Janet Wilson, Gary Yates, Bobby Zodiac
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