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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... -
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... -
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... -
At last I'm able to give you a bit more information about my new musical project, Wod , about which I've been a bit hesitant to say ... -
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... -
I spent last weekend at the Blowout , the annual gathering of the Bagpipe Society . I was hoping to regale you with photos of what was an ex... -
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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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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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At last I'm able to give you a bit more information about my new musical project, Wod , about which I've been a bit hesitant to say ...
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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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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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So another Oxford May Morning has been and gone, and a fine day it was. As usual I took on the role of the Bosky Man , a character one half... -
In case you’re not a regular subscriber to Economic Botany , and to my shame I’m not, you mightn’t have read the following recently publishe...
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