People say eccentric aristocrats are a dying breed these days. Well meet the Mulhollands, the satisfyingly unhinged new owners of Lympne Castle in Kent. I did, and cannot recommend them enough. telegraph.co.uk/family/life/re…

Just been alerted to this wild and menacing footage, never seen it before: the Rolling Stones on the David Frost show late 1968. Sympathy For the Devil: Jagger on fire in Turner mode, Brian Jones fading, Keith Richards incandescent youtube.com/watch?v=C9Tm3T…

‘I can do a mental striptease’ Ruby Wax on depression, her pioneering mental health treatment, new book and Ox Lit Fest talk! oxinabox.co.uk/i-can-do-a-men… via oxinabox.co.uk OxfordLitFest Ruby Wax Mick Brown Gelong Thubten Sheldonian Theatre Read Media Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop

'Meetings at the Rajneesh ashram often ended in sexual free-for-alls from which participants would emerge with broken limbs and mental breakdowns.'

✍️ Mick Brown spectator.co.uk/article/the-ty…

🗓️ 19 March
The Telegraph writer Mick Brown will be discussing his book #TheNirvanaExpress . From curious Victorians to liberated hippies, Brown will chart the history of the West's infatuation with Eastern philosophy, religion and spiritualism.
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The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West. Join author Mick Brown in conversation at OxfordLitFest on March 19 as he explores the West's fascination with Indian spirituality, from the orientalism of empire to modern counterculture. hurstpublishers.com/event/the-nirv…

My interview with one of my favourite authors, talking about his new volume of poetry.
They didn't want an Indian soldier with a turban': Michael Ondaatje on how he wrote The English Patient telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/…

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How Barbara Hulanicki's legendary Biba store changed British fashion telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people… #TheBibaStory #BarbaraHulanicki

I went to Miami to interview the fabulous Barbara Hulanicki, whose legendary Biba store changed British fashion telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people…

My interview with the fascinating Peter Fenwick, world authority on NDEs telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…

. Pratinav Anil is not easily given to praise, so when he does, I take him seriously. Looking forward to reading Mick Brown 's book,which seems fascinating judging from this review. the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-n…

📰 'Mick Brown has a light touch, like that of a beguiling baba himself, and his ironic prose ... effortlessly encompass[es] anecdotal and intellectual history.' – Pratinav Anil reviews #TheNirvanaExpress in The TLS 🧘👏 the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-n…

For anyone who's had the misfortune not to see it already, I'd heartily recommend the BBC iPlayer series bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod….
And while this Phillysoul song isn't featured in the programme, it's just the greatest youtube.com/watch?v=AGaEce…

'Nirvana, an unremittingly bleak void in actually existing Buddhism, was given a cheerful spin and rebranded as a quasi-Christian heaven.'

Pratinav Anil (Pratinav Anil) on a century of pseudo-enlightenment

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Essential read from Matti Friedman: The Wisdom of Hamas thefp.com/p/aae479f8-15d…

Lovely piece by the great Nick Cave

Dive into the fascinating journey of enlightenment with Mick Brown, the brilliant mind behind 'The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West.'

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Thrilled to win this. Thank you to the judges and congratulations to all my fellow nominees

Books by Sebastian Faulks Anne Michaels Mark O’Connell Michael Cragg Henry Winkler & Mick Brown are among the 25 chosen as the
The Independent's #books of the year

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