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Nick Campion is based in the Study of Religions Department at Bath Spa University College, where he is researching “the extent and nature of contemporary belief in astrology”.

Do astrologers have to believe in astrology?

Nick Campion - 1st April 2002

From the archives, Nick Campion questions whether "belief" is even a particularly useful concept when applied to astrology

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Nick Campion

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Ho Ho Holy Man? Why Santa technically doesn’t quite count as a god

Spotify Trapped? The algorithm is not what’s keeping you from new music

Lemme Purr: the celebrity-backed wellness gummies trading on intimate insecurities

From the archive: A former Scientologist explains what the cult is all about

Does pill packet branding change the placebo response, or is this just another placebo myth?

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