Silver Birch’s Medium: Maurice Barbanell and Twentieth-Century Spiritualism

Maurice Barbanell became a prominent voice in British Spiritualism through his journalism and mediumship. Nick Richbell follows his journey from East London to his work with Psychic News.

The biography examines Barbanell’s association with the spirit guide Silver Birch and his wider public life. Archival research places his work within the development of 20th-century Spiritualism.