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IN January 1826, a magnificent fancy-dress ball and supper took place at a private residence on O’Connell Street. An extensive report of the event was car...

David Denby on why the magician’s tricks and triumphs still fascinate us.

Following personal tragedy, the creator of that most rational of literary figures, Sherlock Holmes, developed an obsession with spiritualism. Fiona Snailham and Anna Maria Barry Sir Arthur Conan Doyles belief in spiritualism, talking to the dead... and fairies

Spiritualism’s popularity waxed and waned throughout the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, and surged on the heels of major wars and pandemics.