The Premonitions Bureau

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A Sunday Times bestseller

By Sam Knight

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The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight delves into the intriguing world of premonitions during the 1960s in Britain. The book explores the efforts of a psychiatrist and a journalist who establish a bureau to collect and analyse forewarnings of disasters and other events sent in by the public. It examines the blend of science, belief, and mystery as they try to make sense of people’s uncanny insights into the future.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring intriguing historical episodes where the supernatural intersects with scientific inquiry. It delves into a fascinating real-life story about attempts to predict the future and prevent disasters, blending mystery, psychology, and a touch of unease. Perfect for readers curious about human belief in premonitions and how it influences history.

The story of a strange experiment - a journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason.

The story of a strange experiment - a journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason.

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Fascinating. - Hilary Mantel

Terrific. - New Scientist

Gripping. - Financial Times

What if you had a vision that something terrible was going to happen?

A train crash, a department store fire, an assassination.

What if you could share your vision, and prevent a disaster?

In 1966, John Barker, a British psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, established the Premonitions Bureau to investigate this very idea. He would find a network of curious correspondents, and among them two highly gifted 'percipients'. Together, they predicted calamities and international incidents with uncanny accuracy. And then, they gave Barker their most disturbing warning: that he was about to die.

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The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight is described as strange and gripping, with electrifying stories that can captivate even sceptics. Knight's writing is praised for being lucid and wryly authoritative, making the book both thought-provoking and a bit spooky, according to reviews from major publications.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571357574

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 April 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 215g

Pages: 256

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Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Sam Knight Science & Nature

About the Author

Sam Knight is a British journalist who has covered subjects such the plans for the death of the Queen, sandwiches and late capitalism, art fraud; plus profiles of Ronnie O'Sullivan, Jeremy Corbyn, and Theresa May. His work for the Long Read section of the Guardian and for The New Yorker has become influential and wildly shared. 'London Bridge is Down', published in 2017, was viewed 4 million times and remains the most popular Guardian long read ever published. Knight, a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2018, has won two Foreign Press Association awards and was shortlisted for the 2018 Orwell Prize for political writing.