Psience Quest

The SPR reports the sad news of the death of Professor Donald J. West five days ago at the age of 95. West had a long and distinguished career both as a criminologist and as a parapsychologist. He was a former research officer and a past president of the Society. He remained active in the field, publishing (with Betty Markwick) Dr Soal: A Psychic Enigma in the Society's Proceedings last year. The SPR announcement links to an obituary notice on the website of the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge:
https://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/newsandawards...ald-j-west

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page - the BBC Radio 4 obituary programme "The Last Word" includes a nine-minute section on Donald West, starting at 10.40. No mention of parapsychology, unfortunately!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000f7yc

Courtesy of the SPR website - here is an obituary in the Guardian, this time mentioning West's interest in parapsychology:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/m...t-obituary