Matthew Willey works in schools as an adviser for children with disabilities. He lives in Palmerston North with his family, who tolerate his enthusiasm for skepticism with a kindly forbearance. He is English, but losing the accent.
Go, T-Cells!
12 December 2022
At this very moment, there is a war going on in my body.
Irlen Syndrome: Rose-Coloured Spectacles
1 February 2018
Do you skip words or lines while reading?
Palmerston North Skeptics in the Pub
1 November 2015
With its scenic miniature railway, the National Rugby Museum and the country's second-largest ball of string, Palmerston North is often wrongly described as “the Armpit of New Zealand”.
An interview with the Apostates
1 May 2015
Midsummer New Zealand. Driving to Jen and Camilo's house I pass two missionaries. On a hot and humid February afternoon in Palmerston North, the two handsome young Mormons dressed in immaculate white shirts breeze along on bikes. Their flawless presentation and purposeful demeanour is a contrast to the dusty, lethargic city around them. Pondering them as I drive by, I formulate another question for the people I am going to meet.
My creationist
1 August 2014
Matthew Willey has a series of discussions about big questions.
Skepticism for the harassed
1 May 2014
Matthew Willey finds Skeptics in the Pub hasn't been as much fun lately
Christmas: the annual ordeal
1 February 2014
Matthew Willey finds it difficult to get into the spirit of the holiday season.
Under pressure
1 November 2013
Matthew Willey recalls the days before the internet, and an old friend
One night out fishing
1 August 2013
In the first of a new series of columns, Matthew Willey catches up with what celebrity medium Kelvin Cruickshank is up to these days.