  Séances. Did anyone catch Derren Brown’s live (or maybe not) séance last night? Started at 10:35 p.m. on Channel 4 (no, Big Brother wasn’t on at that time). Well, gotta say that I was totally convinced until the end (until the part where the man himself revealed that it was in fact an illusion by calling out the ‘spirit’ who was in fact a real person). Still, the event was totally believable, and the members of the public who took part were also convinced as well. If you didn’t see it, the looks on their faces were of total shock and horror. The part, for example, where they had to focus on one student from a group of 12 and practically all of them focused on the same picture was quite a shock for them. More so when the ‘spirit’ spelt her name out using the wine glass and letters. The name, which incidentally was Jane, was the name of the student which they all had focused on. The séance itself took place in an old college where, so the story goes, 13 students took part in a pact suicide together in 1974.
They all died save one, the ring leader, who survived and moved to Australia shortly afterwards. Ironically he died in a car crash about a year or so after moving there. Anyway, so Derren Brown, the illusionist (can’t stress this enough people) decided to pick 12 members of the public to take part in a séance to try and make contact with the students, whether it be one of them or more. Derren Brown doesn’t actually believe in spiritualism, he simply wanted to do it as he was interested to see what would happen. So they carried it out, with the whole ‘using someone as a median’ and gaining contact through her. They (or Derren, whatever) were talking to this ‘Jane’ person through this girl who had been randomly chosen and they were randomly talking to her at different stages at her life.
All the while the other people are in a circle - scared shitless – listening to this conversation between ‘Jane’ and Derren. Derren asks Jane to leave, and it’s the end of the séance. The people, who look white and scared, see a video of Jane’s life apparently sent in by a family member. The Derren leaves, goes outside, and opens a van, out steps an actress bearing an exact resemblance to ‘Jane’.
That’s the point where everyone realises that it was an illusion and a psychological thing. It was amazing, and it maintains my belief that Derren Brown is far more impressive than, oo, what’s that twat’s name? David Blaine! Anyway, that was the séance for those who missed it. It really was amazing and you should shoot yourself if you missed it (or if you’re not up for killing yourself, a ‘shit’ would be fine). I thought this would be a change from me going on about my life. Just to clarify, I’m not really up for a séance. Just warning you. 
