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Andy Letcher
- A writer and a folk musician, Andy has a D.Phil in Ecology from Oxford University and a PhD in the Study of Religion from Winchester University. He is the author of the critically acclaimed 'Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom' and has published a range of articles and academic papers on subjects as diverse as psychedelics, paganism, bardism, environmental protest, fairies, shamanism and evolution. A modern day troubadour, he is the ex-frontman of Telling the Bees.
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One of the more persistent myths about the fly-agaric mushroom , Amanita muscaria , the familiar red and white-spotted mushrooms of fairy-ta... -
News that the psilly season is officially underway (with early reports that this might prove to be a bumper year) means it's a good time... -
I'm just embarking on a new piece of research about the Liberty Cap, Psilocybe semilanceata . I hope it will be published next year. How... -
The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that my name, and my face, are attached to a new tarot deck, the English Magic Tarot . The Fo... -
Anyone who went to the smaller, earthier festivals of the late 1990s might remember Jabberwocky , my first proper band. We were a bit rough... -
Over the bank holiday weekend we made a stealth-trip to Dartmoor , stealth because we really ought to have been visiting friends and family... -
Sunrise from Nattadon Hill The Solstice Horn Sun over the graveyard Back in the village
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Shroom: ten years on
I find it hard to believe but it's exactly ten years since my book Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom was published. Thou...
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One of the more persistent myths about the fly-agaric mushroom , Amanita muscaria , the familiar red and white-spotted mushrooms of fairy-ta...
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In 1976, when I was eight years old, my mum bought me two 'Practical Puffin' activity books. The first, Body Tricks to Teach Yoursel... -
News that the psilly season is officially underway (with early reports that this might prove to be a bumper year) means it's a good time...
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The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that my name, and my face, are attached to a new tarot deck, the English Magic Tarot . The Fo...
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I find it hard to believe but it's exactly ten years since my book Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom was published. Thou... -
I'm just embarking on a new piece of research about the Liberty Cap, Psilocybe semilanceata . I hope it will be published next year. How...
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Some people hate the bagpipes. Fair enough. But when they tell me this I remind them that in all probability it's the Great Highland B...
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