The English Magic Tarot — by Unknown on

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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...

Bagpipes and borders — by Unknown on

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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...

The Way of the Morris — by Unknown on

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More neatly than marmite, bagpipes or the EU referendum, the question of Morris dancing divides the nation. For many it is, as folk musician...

Shroom: ten years on — by Unknown on

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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...

The Green Scythe Fair — by Unknown on

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Rumours that the Green Scythe Fair has lost its edge have been greatly exaggerated. You'll be hard pressed to find a more bucolic and ...

Towards a sustainable music — by Unknown on

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Over the Christmas period I made one of the hardest decisions I've had to face and I chose to leave both my treasured bands, Wod and Tel...

Spiegel Online — by Unknown on

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This very blog got cited in the German magazine Spiegel Online . It seems I am now an expert on fly agarics and reindeer piss, so pe...

On the Liberty Cap - your help needed! — by Unknown on

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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...

Voice of the People — by Unknown on

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Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be invited up to Broadcasting House, in London, to take part in a forthcoming documentary on Radio 3, about...

Telling the Bees: Steer by the Stars, fRoots and Tour — by Unknown on

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It's been a busy year for Telling the Bees. Our new album, Steer by the Stars , came out in May and has been garnering some great review...

Piltoncholia — by Unknown on

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Piltoncholia: the feeling of misery that ensues when you're not at Glastonbury Festival (for those who may not know, Glastonbury Festiva...

Solstice eve — by Unknown on

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Having a toddler has rather put paid to any all night summer solstice shenanigans. When uninterrupted sleep is the norm, the idea of willin...

Einar Selvik — by Unknown on

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Einar Selvik is a skald and the founder of the Norwegian band Wardruna . Anyone who's been enjoying The Vikings  will have heard his mus...

The Will of the Way Things Are — by Unknown on

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As regular readers will know, I am a long term Gong fan. It's therefore with great sadness that I learned today that Daevid Allen, who ...

Raga Kapi — by Unknown on

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Here are some videos of South Indian, Carnatic music. They're taken from a concert in London and feature  Jayanthi Kumaresh and Patri S...

Hexagonism — by Unknown on

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I've always found there to be something deeply pleasing about the hexagon, its sixness, its symmetry, the way it falls from a circle or ...