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I was one of the pre-subscribers to the first volume of Fortean Studies. Imagine my horror when I received my eagerly-awaited copy only to find that another amongst the listed subscribers was none other than Jeremy Beadle. Who'd have thought the strangely-handed midget tosspot prankster was one of us?

I was devastated.

What's happened to the FT books? I know there was a big sell-off via BlueSnake (I musta bought 10 books for next to nowt) before JB Publishing relinquished control but....
 
Ha! I remember seeing that too. :D

There's a new Fortean Studies out now isn't there? I got loads from Bluesnake last Christmas as well. £5 each!

Oh yes.
 
Yup, I also took Bluesnake up on that generous offer. It was an xmas of Spring-heeled Jacks, ghost rockets and devil's hoofprints for me!
 
Another query about Fortean Studies

As far as I know, Volume 7 is out there somewhere or is due for release? Where can I buy it? It never seems to be advertised in FT, which I find rather daft!
 
Volume 7 is out now and advertised in the latest issue (164) at £15.

Or you can get it free it you subscribe or extend your subscription.
 
Fortean Studies 7 is last years - copyright date of 2001 and been out about a year and a half

It is worth buying but don't buy it if you think it's the new one - it's not.

Gordon
 
Getting hold of Fortean Studies (old or new) in general seems to be pretty tricky. It doesn't seem to be well advertised in FT. This is a real shame :(
 
try ebay.co.uk and search for Fortean Times - I've nearly completed my colection that way (only 1 copy of the mag to go)

:D
 
Fortean Studies Vol 7 - Not a lie at all!

For those of you wondering - I deleted the last thread on the availablility of Fortean Studies Volume 7 via new subscriptions because I thought I had most unfairly been a bit strong with my accusations.
Just editing the post wouldn't really have made much difference.

Polly from the subscriptions dept very kindly pointed out that FT Studies Vol 7 *IS* available for new subscribers and via personal orders. However, anyone having problems with their order should send an email to [email protected].
 
Yeah, I caught Polly's post clearing up the situation, so I will still be extending my sub to get FS7.
 
yet again, trying to track down FS is like trying to track down Nessie. Is there any way I can get my hands on th emost recent edition, let alone any earlier installments?

It's a crying shame that something so amazingly useful and informative should pretty much hide it's light under a bushel... ;)
 
I'd like to get hold of editions from Vol.4 onwards. I have Vols 1 to 3.
 
Thanks! But, I think that covers Vols. 1 and 2 :(
 
Cheers Justin.

Just bought that FS#2 for £15 off Amazon Marketplace.

My collection is now complete.
 
I'd Just Turned On The Radio

And quite by accident I caught the end of BBC Radio 4's 'Loose Ends'.

Warren Mitchell and Ken Campbell were on. Warren Mitchell, sounds more like Ken Campbell these days, than Ken Campbell, by the way.

Anyway, Ken Campbell was saying as how Jeremy Beadle had turned up one day, in about 1960, to give him copies of all of Charles Fort's books, as Campbell had been looking for a copy of one of them.

So, quite recently Campbell had been invited back to Beadle's place to check out some books in Beadle's collection.

Campbell says that Jeremy Beadle has one of the biggest collections of 'astounding and astonishing' books that he's ever seen and even suggested that one of the reasons that Beadle has turned himself into one of the biggest, "assholes on television" is to help support this enormous library.

I must admit, I see Jeremy Beadle in quite a new light these days.
 
Before "Game For A Laugh" and the building of his dubious reputation as an infamous TV prankster Jeremy Beadle hosted what I can only describe as the best regular "Phone in" programme that I had ever heard,, on LBC (London Broadcasting) if I remember rightly, There were a lot of phone in progs around on the Talk radio stations but not so many stations as there are now. He referred to his book collection, interest in obscure or unusual facts and had a number of interesting guests in the studio, usually on a Fortean theme. Normally I detest these vox pop phone in shows, but it was really refreshing to have a host who was knowledgeble about a subject as well as the guest and the public who called to the show usually made a good contribution.
 
Yes I have changed my opinion on the gangster of pranksters (which is a good thing as at some points in the past I would have chinned him I saw him in the street) - he does a lot of good work and wehn he did some kind of odd 'get locked in a cell with a celeb' things he came over as a jolly nice chap.

Interesting article:

Saturday, 30 December, 2000, 00:54 GMT

Jeremy Beadle's biggest surprise


Jeremy Beadle may be best-known for his television pranks and merciless wind-ups, but he has been made an MBE for his charity work.

Beadle, 52, whose show filmed unwitting members of the public being led into complex japes, was honoured for his work with the Foundation for Children with Leukaemia, in Barnet, north London.

Beadle, who was born in Hackney, east London, tried his hand at rock music promotion after school, masterminding the 1974 Bickershaw Rock festival.

He also became the northern editor of listings magazine Time Out, but finally came into the public eye in 1981 as one of the original presenters of Game For a Laugh with Matthew Kelly, Sarah Kennedy and Henry Kelly.

Million-selling books

His hidden-camera programme, Beadle's About, later became one of ITV's top rating shows, as was You've Been Framed, featuring viewers' video howlers.

However, in the mid-1990s he was replaced as You've Been Framed host by Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley, and Beadle's About was axed because of falling ratings.

More recently, he has concentrated on corporate and fundraising events, although last year he also showed off his general knowledge by hosting Win Beadle's Money for Channel 5.

Beadle's charitable efforts have also included helping children with Poland's Syndrome, which he suffers from and which has left him with a withered right hand.

For many years he worked with American author Irving Wallace on seven million-selling reference books, including The People's Almanac and the Book of Lists.

He revealed to the press in 1998 that he had helped a friend dying of motor neurone disease to commit suicide.

The father-of-two's fortunes also took a downturn this year when a pantomime he starred in was cancelled after it sold just 13 tickets.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1093080.stm

[edit: I was a big fan of the book of lists series so a connection with that is always a good thing]

Perhaps now is the time for him to use his remaining stroke with the TV people to get a big mainstream Fortean TV show commissioned? He'd be far better than Carol Vorderman (pos. these days they don't want/need a knowledgable frontman just a well known and popular face) or mark and Lard's idea for a British X-Files.

He made UnCon 94:

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Ansible/a84.html

why not book him for a future one?

Its also a pity he doesn't have a decent web site out there - see e.g.:

http://www.jeremybeadle.co.uk

This is a bit mean:

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/jeremy_beadles_shrivelled_hand/

Emps
 
Evilsprout said:
Yup, I also took Bluesnake up on that generous offer. It was an xmas of Spring-heeled Jacks, ghost rockets and devil's hoofprints for me!
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I bought some stuff from Bluesnake too, and was bombarded with porn catalogues for months afterwards - The smutty gits didn't make the opt-out clear (I don't even remember seeing one!).

I was really embarassed when I asked my sixteen year old daughter to open my mail for me and a dildo and "golden rain" catalogue dropped onto her lap (I can see the humerous side now though).
 
On the subject of the not-so venerable Beadle, I was listening to Loose Ends on the web last night, mainly because it had Terry Jones and Boothby Graffoe on it (although it also had Warren Mitchell, and some other entertaining people as it turned out) and Ken Campbell was explaining how he first met Jeremy Beadle.

It turns out he was after a copy of Wild Talents and one day Beadle turned up on his doorstep with a copy of Fort's complete books. He later met Beadle after one of his (Campbell's) shows and went back to Beadle's place to borrow another book where he discovered Beadle's extensive library.

As Campbell said, Beadle is a librarian at heart who decided that becoming the world's biggest arsehole was an acceptable way of funding his hobby.

Doesn't excuse him, though.
 
I remember Beadle from Eureka and The Deceivers, so I like him, he's a very intelligent and knowledgable man. Mind you, I never watched Beadle's About or You've Been Framed. I was pleased to see him win a celebrity general knowledge quiz on Channel 5 recently.
 
I don't know if we're allowed to mention 'other' publications here, but is Fortean Studies available in back issues. I've seen some copies for sale in auctions at a horrendous price and I note that the British Library only has Issue 1 and 6. Are any copies still available or does anyone know a library that holds copies?
 
Steveash5 said:
I don't know if we're allowed to mention 'other' publications here, but is Fortean Studies available in back issues. I've seen some copies for sale in auctions at a horrendous price and I note that the British Library only has Issue 1 and 6. Are any copies still available or does anyone know a library that holds copies?
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Just in case someone is looking for Fortean Studies 7 and finds this thread through web search, The National Library of Wales holds a copy:
https://discover.library.wales/permalink/f/1norb00/44NLW_ALMA21769853970002419
 
SimonBurchell said:
Great books. Anyone who doesn't have them should try to get hold of them.
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In coin collection, there is a concept called "key date"--the rarest coin in a set you want to get. If you want a complete set, then you must direct your efforts toward buying the key date first, otherwise you risk never having a complete set, and your money on the other items would be wasted.

It is very difficult to find the rarest issue, Fortean Studies 7, for sale. I might be settling even for a bootleg, but this isn't available as well. The online section of The British Library is down for some time now because of a cyberattack--and even if it wasn't, the library doesn't have a copy of FS7.
 
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In that case I feel exceptionally fortunate ;):
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packshaud said:
In coin collection, there is a concept called "key date"--the rarest coin in a set you want to get. If you want a complete set, then you must direct your efforts toward buying the key date first, otherwise you risk never having a complete set, and your money on the other items would be wasted.

It is very difficult to find the rarest issue, Fortean Studies 7, for sale. I might be settling even for a bootleg, but this isn't available as well. The online section of The British Library is down for some time now because of a cyberattack--and even if it wasn't, the library doesn't have a copy of FS7.
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How on earth does it happen that the British Library doesn't have a copy? Someone nicked it?
 
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