About the author
Brian St John Inglis (31 July 1916 – 11 February 1993) was an Irish journalist, historian and television presenter who worked in London. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and retained an interest in Irish history and politics. He was best known to people in Britain as the presenter of All Our Yesterdays, a television review of events exactly 25 years previously, as seen in newsreels, newspaper articles, etc. He also presented the weekly review of newspapers known as What the Papers Say. He joined the staff of The Spectator in 1954, and became editor in 1959, soon afterwards hiring the young Bernard Levin to write for the magazine. He continued as editor until 1962. He also had interests in the paranormal and alternative medicine. == Early life and education == Brian St John Inglis was born in Dublin, into a middle-class professional Church of Ireland family. His father was Sir Claude Cavendish Inglis FRS, a hydraulic engineer who founded the Hydraulic Research Station, Wallingford; his mother was Lady Vera Inglis, née Blood. His maternal grandmother lived at the closed society of Malahide, north County Dublin.
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“This text serves as a vital resource for those interested in the formal study of the paranormal prior to modern scientific consensus. However, readers seeking contemporary empirical data or supernatural fiction will find it…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Natural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal from the Earliest Times to 1914
“Inglis delivers a meticulous dissection of coincidence versus synchronicity, effectively challenging the materialist worldview through real-world examples. The text is engaging for open-minded readers willing to question…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Coincidence: A Matter of Chance - Or Synchronicity?