I've signed this. And would commend Leigh locals to add their name. The mosaic commemorates the women lost to the witch hunts. Which is really lovely though slightly inaccurate. Joan Rowles, at least, was found not guilty and set free. https://t.co/0llzDj4lGn
My excellent midwinter reading bears dark fruit tonight: am talking witch-lit fact and fantasy on @bbcfrontrow with Kirsty Logan and Emilia Hart. 715pm R4
The grave of Sarah Wrench on Mersea Island. Sarah was not convicted of witchcraft but the presence of the mortsafe and location of her grave on the North side of the church in unconsecrated ground suggests she was believed to be a witch. Local legend says she was so feared t…
EPISODE 50 - DR CIARAN JONES @Ciaran_Jonesy talks to @zoevenditozzi & @madisonmitchel1 about his commission from the @N_T_S about their properties links with witch trials . We also discuss the campaign,raccoons 🦝 and an honourable mention for @seileasdar https://t.co/sPxd6uwjIc
As we celebrate the birth of a new solar year let’s hope this one brings an end to the struggles of the past two. Sending solstice love and Yule greetings to you all.
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Public service announcement: you can have a fancy dress party at any time of year. Hallowe’en has as much to do with pirates and nurses and superheroes as Christmas does with dinosaurs.
Delighted to have the Pyre Parade effergies at The Hold all week for @SPILL_Festival come along, write down your bad news and post it into the boxes ready for burning on Saturday! Join us again 6pm sat for the parade to Christchurch mansion for the burning! 🔥
I do love finding an unusual annual rent in a lease: here, the proverbial pepper corn! Today’s chase through @essexarchive’s records has produced both #witches and #witchfinders as well
Just recorded a wonderful 2 part episode on PAGANISM with the great Ronald Hutton.
From the Glastonbury Festival & environmental protests all the way back to the enigmatic’Red Lady’, who was buried on the Gower Peninsula back in 32000 BC.
Out next week as a #Halloween special…