Andy Roberts - Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain

Steve Abrams

American parapsychologist who was at the heart of Londons LSD counter culture

Jonathan Aitken

Journalist who took LSD, when still legal, for the Evening Standard; subsequently a disgraced Conservative MP

Richard Alpert

Colleague of Timothy Leary at Harvard and co-conspirator in the early promotion of LSD; subsequently eschewed drugs and became the spiritual teacher Baba Ram Dass

George Andrews

Poet and author of books on drugs

Paul Arnabaldi

Backer of Richard Kemps Welsh LSD laboratory

Nigel Ayres

Attendee and recorder of many free festivals of the Seventies

Syd Barrett

Original Pink Floyd lead guitarist; LSD contributed to his descent into mental illness

Brian Barritt

Early LSD dealer in London; friend of Timothy Leary

Cecil Beaton

English fashion and portrait photographer

John Beresford

Paediatrician friend of Michael Hollinsghead

Christine Bott

Involved in Operation Julie conspiracy; common law wife of Richard Kemp

Joe Boyd

American record producer and co-founder of UFO club

Tara Browne

London socialite whose death possibly inspired the Beatles Day in the Life

Richard Brunstrom

Chief Constable of North Wales; believes all drugs should be legalised and regulated

Julia Callan-Thompson

Occasional hippie prostitute; involved with the Kapur LSD conspiracy

Ernest Chain

Nobel winning biochemist who appeared for the defence in a 1967 LSD trial

Derek Channon

Naval rating who underwent LSD experiment at Porton Down in 1953

Harry Collumbine

Porton Down scientist

Sean Connery

James Bond actor who used LSD in psychotherapy

Julian Cope

Musician with a predilection for LSD

Francis Crick

Discovered DNA

Dave Cunliffe

LSD courier in late Fifties London

Paul Devereux

Author and researcher into prehistoric use of psychedelic drugs

Jeff Dexter

Legendary DJ at UFO club and 1971 Glastonbury Fair

Johnny Dolphin

American poet who spent time with Terry Taylor in Morocco

Bill (Ubi) Dwyer

LSD dealer in Australia and London; instigator behind the Windsor Free Festivals

Joel Elkes

Founder of Birmingham Universitys Department of Experimental Psychology; early LSD experimenter; linked to MOD LSD experiments

John Esam

London LSD dealer in the early Sixties

Harry Fainlight

Poet who read his LSD inspired poem at the 1965 Wholly Communion event

Mick Farren

Counter culture author and antagonist

Nigel (Leif) Fielding

Minor player in the Operation Julie LSD conspiracy

David Gale

Childhood friend of Pink Floyds Syd Barrett

Christopher Gibb

London art dealer; friend of the Rolling Stones

Allen Ginsberg

American Beat poet with counter culture sympathies

Dave (Boss) Goodman

London LSD dealer in the Sixties

Eric Gow

RAF serviceman who underwent LSD test at Porton Down during the Fifties

Dennis Greenslade

Detective Superintendent in Operation Julie

Casey Hardison

American citizen sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 2005 for manufacturing LSD in Lewes, Sussex

Lee Harris

Founder of Londons first head shop; editor of Home Grown, Britains first counter culture drug magazine

Gerald Heard

British expatriate philosopher; gave LSD to Alcoholics Anonymous founder Bill Wilson; instrumental in the development of early LSD philosophies

Bill Hicks

American satirist who campaigned against drug hypocrisy

Albert Hofmann

Chemist who discovered LSD in 1938

Michael Hollingshead

Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD; mover and shaker on early London psychedelic scene

Maxwell Hollyhock

MOD scientist who took LSD to examine its effects

John (Hoppy) Hopkins

Photographer and counter culture legend; co-founder of UFO club

Frankie Howerd