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With the first of this year's crop circles already arriving, Andy reviews the previous season of 2025. With quieter fields now an accepted stage of the crop circle story, there has been a paradoxical reawakening of interest in the phenomenon, generating new exposure – and controversy ... The New Normal After years wondering whether the dip in numbers of crop ...

The unexpected death this January of Marcus Allen, the well-known ‘alternative’ researcher, renowned lunar conspiracist and UK publisher of Nexus Magazine just a month before his 84th birthday left many close associates in shock at the sudden absence of this larger-than-life and extraordinary figure. Andy Thomas pays tribute to his lost friend ... Andy writes: Rarely a passive character, one ...

As the latest circle season begins, Andy looks back at what happened in the fields in 2024. Although a quiet year for the phenomenon, interesting events still occurred ... Restrained activity in the fields in 2024 had people wondering about the future of the circle phenomenon, although fascinating creations did arrive. Did the retreat indicate something awry in the circlemaking ...

As we look forward to what the fields might receive this year, Andy investigates the crop circles of 2023. Amidst official revelations on UFOs and with public interest appearing stronger than the mainstream media might suggest, perhaps the circle phenomenon is set to have its time in the sun again ...

As we anticipate what the fields in 2023 may bring, Andy looks back on the summer of 2022, which produced some extraordinary and complex patterns in the fields, as contentious as ever. Yet there was a notable reduction in numbers and very few events outside of the usual English heartlands. What might this mean for the future of the phenomenon? ...

Andy's article on the much-maligned art of astrology is now available to read in a newly laid-out edit on the very popular website Astro.com ...

With the 2022 crop circle season now under way, how will this fit into context with what happened the previous year..? This comprehensive round-up shows that the ever-controversial crop circles had a slightly quieter time in 2021 but still delivered some exceptional and inspirational patterns which continued to challenge conventional thinking ...

As we get ready for the 2021 crop circle season, it is a good time to recap on what happened in 2020. Against all expectations, in a year of fear and pandemic restrictions, the circles flourished with their own agenda, throwing out surprises and even a few reflections on the events occurring around them, catching the eye of a new generation ...

Ian R Crane, truth seeker extraordinaire, freedom campaigner and anti-fracking maestro, a close friend and colleague of Andy for years, very sadly died of cancer on 25 February 2021, aged just 64. Andy pays a personal tribute to Ian ...

The crop circles of 2020 have begun... which means it's a good time to look back at the previous season of 2019. Although not huge in number, the crop circles of 2019 saw a mysterious activation across France, while intriguing and ingenious designs also continued in the traditional English heartlands and beyond ...

Andy Thomas enjoyed the friendship of crop circle researcher Michael Glickman for several years, working together on journals, conferences and more. This May ‘Glickers’ passed away age 78, and Andy shares a personal tribute to his achievements ...

The traditionally active areas of England continue to produce remarkable patterns in the fields, which still baffle and inspire in equal measure. As we await to see what the summer of 2019 will bring, ANDY THOMAS looks back at the events of 2018 ...

Genesis the rock band, that is. Before entering the world of mysteries and conspiracies research, Andy Thomas was a musician, and wrote for arts magazines. One of his early inspirations was the rock band Genesis, and the website of one of its founder members has just published a new article by Andy celebrating 50 years since the band's very first ...

The Italian alternative magazine 'FENIX' recently published a long interview with Andy Thomas about the current state of the crop circle phenomenon, which can now be read here in full. With the latest crop circle season having just begun, Andy challenges the view that the circle mystery is no longer relevant and addresses some false assumptions, while raising many fascinating ...

As we begin to anticipate what the crop circle season of 2018 might bring, Andy Thomas looks back at the circular events of 2017, which saw a renewed media attack on the phenomenon – and yet the coverage also helped draw attention to what turned out to be another fascinating year of wonders ...

Sunday 28 January 2018 saw the passing of Michael Green, one of the founders of the Centre for Crop Circle Studies and an important figure in the world of paranormal research who worked with Andy Thomas in the 1990s. In this tribute, Andy remembers Michael and celebrates his work ...

Twenty years on since his co-written book 'Quest For Contact' was published, recounting the real-life attempts of a group of researchers to interact with the crop circle phenomenon using psychic techniques, Andy Thomas looks back on the ambitious project, his part in it and the very intriguing results it produced ...

As the 2017 crop circle season now unfolds, Andy looks back at 2016, when the ever-fascinating circle mystery fell quieter around the world but remained strong in the English heartlands, where many impressive masterpieces made their presence felt and stirred valuable debate as intensely as ever ...

The crop circles continued their tenacious march onwards in 2015, still surprising, fascinating and confounding in equal measure, as Andy Thomas reports ...

The Christmas festival has much deeper and more complex roots than it is sometimes given credit for today, as Andy explores ...