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In 1993, when I was still a whippersnapper in my twenties, I managed to get myself invited to the Secret McKenna Workshop , organised by the... -
This programme, Spirit of the Beehive by Nina Perry who made the excellent radio documentary about Oxford's Catweazle Club, looks like ...
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Not long after the August Bank Holiday, when the last lingering sunshine slinks away and the chilly morning air smells of back to school, my... -
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... -
I'm delighted to have been asked to write a seasonal column for the ever more wonderful Spiral Earth , increasingly the hub for all thin...
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One of my favourite textbooks, that I refer to again and again, is New Religions: A Guide edited by Christopher Partridge. Apart from an, a... -
The news that our nominal spiritual leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, is not only a big fan of the Incredible String B...
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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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Just lately I've been listening online to what's been emerging from Newcastle University's Folk Music degree course . Here's...
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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... -
This programme, Spirit of the Beehive by Nina Perry who made the excellent radio documentary about Oxford's Catweazle Club, looks like ...
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In 1993, when I was still a whippersnapper in my twenties, I managed to get myself invited to the Secret McKenna Workshop , organised by the...
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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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Not long after the August Bank Holiday, when the last lingering sunshine slinks away and the chilly morning air smells of back to school, my...
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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...
