

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Using data to counter quackery and alternative medicine
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: How a rigorous approach to data analysis can help expose quackery, even when it's backed by the government.About this EventAs skeptics, it's easy for us to warn people about the harms of alternative medicine at an individual level, but what can we do when quackery is being pushed by authorities, or when the problem is to widespread for a one-on-one approach? From NHS homeopathy to midwifery alt-med, via quack charities and dubious overseas cancer clinics, professional skeptical investigator Michael Marshall will explain how a dogged approach to analysing publicly-available data can help us understand what we're up against, and provide the media with the evidence they need to publish stories that make a difference.About the speaker:Michael Marshall is the Project Director of the Good Thinking Society, Editor of The Skeptic, and President of the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He regularly speaks with proponents of pseudoscience for the Be Reasonable podcast, and presents investigative reporting on the Skeptics with a K podcast. His work has seen him organising international homeopathy protests, going undercover to expose psychics and quack medics, and co-founding the popular QED conference. He has written for the Guardian, The Times, The New Statesman and New Scientist.AttendanceThis event is free. No ticket is required. We operate on a first come first served basis. It's relatively rare that we fill up the function room, but please be aware that if things are looking busy, the earlier you get there the less chance there is of not getting in.Although the event is free, we will be asking for donations at the end of the talk. Participants are under no obligation whatsoever to donate, however please rest assured that the money we collect doesn't end up in anyone's pocket - it is used to fund our overhead costs, and travel/accommodation for our speakers who come from further afield.Accessibility:The Admiral Woods Bar now has a functioning lift which can take wheelchair users (or others who are unable to manage stairs) down to the function room. There is also a disabled toilet in the function room area.
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- **Event Categories**: Nonprofit
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Glasgow
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: The Admiral Woods
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- **long**: -4.2602415
- **full address**: The Admiral Woods, 29 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Admiral Woods, 29 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Glasgow Skeptics
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Nonprofit
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