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As you can see, over the last few days I've been giving this blog a bit of a facelift. Previously I was blogging music related posts ove...
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Writing
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A bit quiet on the blogging front but I've not been idle. I've taken on a new load of teaching this semester - a module in 'Rese...
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What is a drug?
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My next appearance will be at the Wellcome Collection , on London's Euston Road, on Jan 20th 2011, speaking as part of a panel on the su...
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Brain secret history
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Still time to watch this - shows presenter Michael Mosely taking psilocybin in controlled experiment using a brain scanner, with surprising...
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Wedding
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Sorry I've been a bit quiet here of late but I've been preoccupied with the not inconsiderable task of getting married. It was a go...
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Edinburgh talk

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I shall be speaking at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, this coming Monday 11th October, talk entitled Mushrooms and Myth . It forms pa...
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Secrets of Creation
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Secrets of Creation Volume One: The Mystery of the Prime Numbers. Matt Watkins with illustrations by Matt Tweed. The Inamorata Press. ISBN: ...
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