Tom Phillips

Tom Phillips is an author and journalist from London. He is currently the editor of Full Fact, the UK’s independent fact checking organization. Before that, he was editorial director at BuzzFeed UK. His book Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (a history of failure through the ages), was published in 2018 and has sold in 30 territories worldwide.

Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed
Why We Fall for History’s Most Seductive Conspiracy Theories, and How We Rediscover Reality
by Jonn Elledge, Tom Phillips
Paperback | $18.95 US / $24.95 CAN

From the Satanic Panic to the anti-vax movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it’s always been human nature to believe we’re being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are). But while it … Continue reading →