My Articles

Writing is something I love to do. Some of my published pieces are collected here.

Hope Remains

Times Literary Supplement

As part of my psychotherapy training I volunteered at a suicide respite centre. One conversation in particular stood out.

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Spoiling Sport - The Olympics and Brexit

TLS Online

'Team GB' continues to forge ahead as an Olympic superpower, while the Brexit vote seems set to make Britain itself become less relevant on the world stage. What might these things, on an emotional level, have to do with one another?

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Reality Enchanted - The Benefits of LSD, Peyote and other Psychedelics

TLS Online

After years in the scientific wilderness, psychedelic drugs are making a comeback. What is the story of these substances, what takes place at the world's largest convention about them, and what is it like to consume the oldest psychedelic of them all?

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Riding

New Humanist

Robert M Pirsig's masterpiece taught us the value of motorcycle maintenance. But once a bike is working properly, might there be any spiritual benefit in getting better at riding it?

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The One That Got Away

Prospect

Bobby Thatcher was controversially dropped from the GB eight for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and watched the crew win gold from his parents' living room. This essay tells his story and explores rowing's peculiar appeal.

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Hallucinogenic Healing - Should you take magic mushrooms with your mum?

TLS Online

Recent studies suggest psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy is a promising treatment for depression, and MDMA therapy for PTSD is in Phase 3 trials in the USA. How patient should one be, if somebody one loves is depressed right now?

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Into the Mind

stamma.org

I have had a stammer pretty much ever since I can remember. All efforts to make it go away have failed. With the help of a hypnotherapist, I managed to find out what it was that my speech wanted to say to me.

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