Malcolm Schofield
@malcschofield.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Psychology. Researching paranormal and conspiracy beliefs. Council member, Society for Psychical Research.
Fantastic Sunday afternoon spent listening to @dremilyvincent.bsky.social talk about her new book at Hestia Books
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fantastic Sunday afternoon spent listening to @dremilyvincent.bsky.social talk about her new book at Hestia Books
Looking forward to this event at my local bookshop www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summoned-t...
Summoned to the Séance with Dr Emily Vincent
Join us for an atmospheric afternoon as Dr Emily Vincent discusses her haunting collection of short stories, Summoned to the Séance.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Looking forward to this event at my local bookshop www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summoned-t...
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Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life, writes Alice Vernon. theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life, writes Alice Vernon. theconversation.com/after-the-fi...
Time for The Haunting 👻
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Time for The Haunting 👻
I’m in the @ladbible.bsky.social talking about why people enjoy horror films www.ladbible.com/originals/wh... @derbyuni.bsky.social
Psychologist explains there's a lot more going on when people actually enjoy watching horror films
Psychologists explain how your personality type can explain why some people like horror films while others can't watch them.
www.ladbible.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m in the @ladbible.bsky.social talking about why people enjoy horror films www.ladbible.com/originals/wh... @derbyuni.bsky.social
This looks so cool.
Kindred spirits: the exhibition exploring our endless fascination with ghosts
Kindred spirits: the exhibition exploring our endless fascination with ghosts
Visualising the Supernatural at Kunstmuseum Basel charts how spooks and ghouls in artworks reflect shifting anxieties about everything from technology to sex
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This looks so cool.
September 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Looking forward to getting stuck into this @spr1882.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Looking forward to getting stuck into this @spr1882.bsky.social
Can you help out with my PhD student's research into paranormal beliefs and experiences, please?
August 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Can you help out with my PhD student's research into paranormal beliefs and experiences, please?
So pleased to have been included in this piece by the
@timeshighered.bsky.social on critical thinking in teaching and research www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/criti...
@timeshighered.bsky.social on critical thinking in teaching and research www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/criti...
Critical thinking in teaching and research
Practical strategies and advice for university educators and researchers to develop and teach the skills to analyse, evaluate, understand and communicate knowledge in an information-saturated world
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
So pleased to have been included in this piece by the
@timeshighered.bsky.social on critical thinking in teaching and research www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/criti...
@timeshighered.bsky.social on critical thinking in teaching and research www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/criti...
Nice review by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social of Ben Machell's book on Tony Cornell @spr1882.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell review – the original ghostbuster
An entrancing biography of Tony Cornell, who displayed a scientist’s commitment to impartiality as he investigated the paranormal
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Nice review by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social of Ben Machell's book on Tony Cornell @spr1882.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
buff.ly
August 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
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Astronomers predict that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which begins surveying the night sky this year, could spot dozens more interstellar objects over the next decade, reports Marina Koren for National Geographic. archive.ph/VEsEQ www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Are interstellar objects proof of alien life? This could finally settle the debate.
The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun."
www.nationalgeographic.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Astronomers predict that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which begins surveying the night sky this year, could spot dozens more interstellar objects over the next decade, reports Marina Koren for National Geographic. archive.ph/VEsEQ www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Fantastic talk from @afwilson.bsky.social on Making Armageddon Great Again
July 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fantastic talk from @afwilson.bsky.social on Making Armageddon Great Again
Had a great time talking to Katie Tyler on BBC Radio Solent about horror films (around the 41-minute mark). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Katie Tyler on BBC Radio Solent - 20/07/2025 - BBC Sounds
Katie brings you joyful Sunday mid-morning vibes, big guests and great music.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Had a great time talking to Katie Tyler on BBC Radio Solent about horror films (around the 41-minute mark). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
July 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Grok has been designed to replicate Musk's own online radicalisation process, step by terrible step. First, you treat all mainstream information as biased. Then you gorge yourself on know-nothing crap online. And then you realise you've become a Nazi inews.co.uk/opinion/elon...
Elon Musk's AI has turned into Hitler precisely because of his own radicalisation
The billionaire has journeyed from a much-admired tech entrepreneur to a man doing the Nazi salute in public
inews.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Grok has been designed to replicate Musk's own online radicalisation process, step by terrible step. First, you treat all mainstream information as biased. Then you gorge yourself on know-nothing crap online. And then you realise you've become a Nazi inews.co.uk/opinion/elon...
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The Walkman was released this week in 1979, a few years later multiple US states tried to criminalize using a Walkman… newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgot...
The Forgotten War on the Walkman
The Sony Walkman is now iconic of the 1980s, eliciting nostalgia for the ‘good old days’ of owning music, rather than renting it.
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org
July 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Walkman was released this week in 1979, a few years later multiple US states tried to criminalize using a Walkman… newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgot...
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The Council House Theory: Were Britain’s Poltergeists A Product Of Social Desperation? An in-depth look at the “council house theory” of paranormal activity: really-haunted.com/the-council-...
The Council House Theory: Were Britain’s Poltergeists a Product of Social Desperation? - Really Haunted
An in-depth look at the "council house theory" of paranormal activity, examining famous cases like the Enfield Poltergeist and 30 East Drive.
really-haunted.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Council House Theory: Were Britain’s Poltergeists A Product Of Social Desperation? An in-depth look at the “council house theory” of paranormal activity: really-haunted.com/the-council-...
Really happy to have been involved in this paper on hoping and waiting for rescue with Prof Paul Gilbert and the Compassionate Mind Foundation bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice</em> | BPS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background
It is clinically recognised that some people find it difficult to engage with or commit to self-help for life difficulties. This may be due to various reasons such as experiences of helpl.....
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June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Really happy to have been involved in this paper on hoping and waiting for rescue with Prof Paul Gilbert and the Compassionate Mind Foundation bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Demonic Possession: SSE's "Anomalies 101" Webinar
July 16, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Live Zoom Event with Álex Escolà-Gascón, Ph.D
scientificexploration.org/2025-Demonic...
July 16, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Live Zoom Event with Álex Escolà-Gascón, Ph.D
scientificexploration.org/2025-Demonic...
Society for Scientific Exploration - 2025 Demonic Possession Webinar
scientificexploration.org
June 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Demonic Possession: SSE's "Anomalies 101" Webinar
July 16, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Live Zoom Event with Álex Escolà-Gascón, Ph.D
scientificexploration.org/2025-Demonic...
July 16, 2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Live Zoom Event with Álex Escolà-Gascón, Ph.D
scientificexploration.org/2025-Demonic...
Given how much Wirksworth has grown over the past couple of decades, this is terrible news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Adult education centres to shut across Derbyshire
Centres in Alfreton, Ashbourne, Glossop, Long Eaton, Matlock, Shirebrook and Wirksworth will close.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Given how much Wirksworth has grown over the past couple of decades, this is terrible news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Welcome to our new President @kpunews.bsky.social 😄
New President of the SPR! We have said goodbye to Prof Adrian Parker as president (though he has been elected a vice-president of the Society) and we welcome a new one: www.spr.ac.uk/NewPresident
New President of the SPR | spr.ac.uk
www.spr.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Welcome to our new President @kpunews.bsky.social 😄