Tues 4th December, 7:30pm Horse Hospital, London.   Dr Richard Wiseman Talk / Screening / Demonstration:   Dr Richard Wiseman started his working life as an award-winning professional magician and was one of the youngest members of The Magic Circle. He then obtained a first class honours degree in Psychology from University College London and a doctorate from Edinburgh University.   Dr Wiseman and his team are currently based within the Psychology Department at the University of Hertfordshire, and carry out research into several topics including; the psychology of the paranormal, lying and deception, intuition and false memory syndrome.   He has published five books and his work has been reported in some of the world's leading science journals, including Nature, Science and Psychological Bulletin and his research has been featured on over two hundred television and radio programmes.   Richard talked about the art and psychology of deception and its use by psychics and holy men. He also screened footage to illustrate his talk and used his skills as an illusionist to demonstrate some of the tricks of the trade.   Ian Rowland: Talk / Performance:   Writer and entertainer Ian Rowland talked about his work and presented some demonstrations from his show "Beyond the Psychic" which has taken him all over the world and onto your tv screens (pictured below: Ian on 'This Morning' with Richard Madeley.) Ian specialises in strange, weird stuff like spoon-bending, telepathy, fakir stunts and psychic surgery, although he readily emphasises that psychic powers are only as real as you want them to be. You may see a couple of 'miracles' performed, but you will also see there is nothing necessarily miraculous about them.   Related Links: Find out more about Ian: www.ian-rowland.com   top