It must be something in the water. Most people know of stockholm syndrome, but there are at least 10 cities with their own psychological syndromes, and unsurprisingly, London Syndrome is when hostages become argumentative towards their captors – often with…
Wim Hof is a Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete. He first rose to fame with his low temperature challenges: achieving world records for the fastest barefoot half-marathon on ice and snow, and longest swim under ice. Gracing the Cambridge…
Medical Cannabis is now available from a selection of private clinics and dispensaries in the UK. It is still an unlicensed product with mostly experimental guidelines. However its roll-out hopes to contribute towards more holistic and personalised approaches to care;…
There is little that illustrates the relationship between ‘drug’ and cultural container as well as the transformation of Sugar and Tobacco. While every medicine is a poison depending on context and dose: economic trade, social inequalities, narrative and intention have…
The choices we make about milk are personal, but these decisions are co-opted into larger systems of power and care. The Wellcome Institute explore the complex interplay between competing interests when it comes to health, values and virtues. Humans…
Strange Sensations: as little as a decade ago, ASMR was largely dismissed as a figment of the imagination. Today, the term represents one of the largest movements to sweep the world wide web. As academic institutions seek to ‘sense-make’, creatives…
Artist Patricia Domínguez was born in Santiago (Chile 1984) and lives and works in Puchuncaví. Domínguez draws upon myths, symbols, rituals and healing practices, combining artistic imagination with experimental research on ethnobotany. The Art Of Ethnopharmacology Ethnobotany is the…
Neither a cigarette nor a vape, Ripple+ are a consumer wellness brand creating zero-nicotine, plant-based ‘diffusers’. Their snazzy marketing and naturally-derived formulas promise botanical revitalisation. So just how healthy are these ‘zesty’, ‘blissful’ and ‘detoxing’ sticks? From fashionable to filthy…
From Royal medicine to Satanic herbs, the Cannabis plant has been a strong part of life and development in the UK for thousands of years: whether through fibre, food or pharmacy. However the growing stigma around it is a modern…