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In less than two weeks, I will be lying cocooned in the sounds of the Brazilian rain forest, in a circular temple of green...

The moment of great seeing

Oh God, it’s raining. I’m late, my back hurts, Eric’s left me AND it’s raining. These people are getting in my way with their bloody...

The Proms! the Proms! How I love the Proms when they come to the Royal Albert Hall every summer. 70+ concerts in 50 odd days and every...

ZCame back from two weeks up in Scotland and the Lakes to poignant decay in the house. It was a powerful fortnight away. Didn’t really...

Thanks for your kind comments concerning my well-being when I was away. I wasn’t in a great space when I left for Bahia two weeks ago....

Ok, first up some declaration of interests. 1) I LOVE the Olympics. I cry non-stop during most sports and definitely when there’s a medal...

I was hosting Radio 3’s Breakfast show this weekend – my word! I LOVE radio. It’s so civilized next to TV. Not that TV doesn’t have it’s...

I actually first came across Le Livre Blanc in Gosport Municipal Library when I was about 15. Since it’s a vivid, sometimes poetic...

The annals say: when the monks of Clonmacnoise Were all at prayers inside the oratory A ship appeared above them in the air. The anchor...

I watched Channel 4’s Medicine Men Go Wild last night because they were doing ayahuasca in the jungles of Peru. The show follows two...

We did the last session during the day. Traditionally ayahausca is drunk in the night, in the pregnant dark, digging and dealing with...

HAPPY NEW YEAR The Chinese and the Greeks were arguing as to who were the better artists. The king said, “We’ll settle this matter...

In September this year, I’m going to be returning to Brazil to help with another seminar on Ayahuasca , the Shamanic tea that I tried...