In which we invite Gary and Alternatives to answer the questions they've dodged so far. Their replies will be published in full here.

By Julia

For Gary:

Can you provide proof that Glen Davies, the doctor of homeopathy you've named as a reference on several occasions, actually exists?

Which two "well-known home improvement companies" were you virtually running before you were 18?

Which schools allowed you to "work one on one" with problem pupils, again before you were 18?

You have claimed that people associated with you have been pestered by phone calls - up to twenty a day - from sceptics. Who is making these calls? So far I've made a grand total of TWO calls to TWO individuals.

For Alternatives:

Is there any truth in Gary's claim that extra security had to be laid on at St James' Church on the night of his "demonstration of psychic surgery" because threats were received?

If so, what was the nature of these threats?

When I e-mailed Steve Nobel of Alternatives he ignored these questions completely and didn't comment on Gary's lies - he also asked me not to contact Alternatives again. I have since e-mailed the Rector of St James', Revd. Charles Hedley, in the hope that he will be able to set the record straight.

Knowing what you now know about Gary's behaviour, would you welcome him back for another appearance at St James' Church?

This was the only question to which Mr Nobel deigned to reply. The answer? Yes!

Perhaps lying about your references, "demonstrating" a worthless form of treatment and spouting scare-mongering nonsense about oranges being injected with arsenic is just one of those "spiritual traditions" Alternatives holds in such uncritical and undeserved respect.