I found this little gem, Lord Buckley as a celeb supporting a member of the public on Groucho's quiz show...

Old-timers will know that generally I find magic more interesting than magick (although I still perceive a certain amount of crossover in the fuzzy area between).

Anyway, without opening that old can of worms, this amused me.  Although I remain a theoretical student right now (not a performer) I have done quite a lot of collecting and reading of material on what magicians call 'Mentalism' (all the pseudo-psi stuff).

 This story has broken, but the incident remains 'alleged' of course.

Perhaps massive ODs, or a different derivative, or simply really atrocious set and setting?

People died, people panicked, it sounds like a shambles!

Did nobody just drift down to the river and watch the clouds reflected in the water?

French bread spiked with acid in CIA experiment...

You might find it cheering and enlightening to have a look through the thirty entries now short-listed for the Buckminster Challenge.

 I can't pretend I read The Guardian every day, I barely get through the Saturday special.  

Thank goodness I can refer to the Bad Science column online.

Ben Goldacre comments on science reporting - good, bad and bogus...