Everyday Spirits: What Pub Psychic Nights Reveal About Grief, Gender, and Grassroots Spirituality in Britain
Across Britain on any given weekday night, a psychic or medium is likely communicating with the dead in your local pub. These “pub psychic nights” have become an increasingly visible feature of Britain’s spiritual landscape, but until now, they’ve remained largely under-researched and socially misunderstood. To some, they are easily dismissed, seen as exploitative or […]
Science, Spiritualism, Stereoscopy: The Spectacular Photographs of ‘Margery’ Crandon
By Dr. Emma Merkling In late 2022 I began working on an INSBS-funded grant project on the scientific testing of the spiritualist medium Mina ‘Margery’ Crandon in Boston, c. 1925. ‘Margery’ was arguably the best-known medium in America at the time, having been made famous by a series of investigations into her mediumship initially funded […]
