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Toby Howard

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Toby Howard is a lecturer in computer graphics, and the former co-editor of the British & Irish Skeptic.

From the archives: Urban legends – a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend

From the archives in 1990, Toby Howard takes a look at urban legends, and how untrue stories pass around as tales from a friend of a friend

From the archives: Jacques Benoit’s (failed) experiments with telepathic snails

From the archives in 1988, Toby Howard recounts the 19th Century attempts to create a 'snail telegraph' - based on the notion that snails were telepathic

From the archives: The many traditions of Christmas that are now lost to history

From the archives in 1989, Toby Howard reminds us of long-forgotten Christmas traditions - like burning the Yule log, wearing animal disguises, and "The Devil's Knell".

Folklore and rituals say so much about society, even if the superstition behind them isn’t true

From the archives in 1989, Toby Howard looks at the role of ritual and folklore in society, and asks whether we should separate them from superstition
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