Witch-hunts during the little ice age

Essex: A county bounded by water, flat, marshy and called by some the “graveyard of witches”. Between 1500 and 1800 over 1,000 men, women and children were executed for the crime of witchcraft in the

Rylan Clark is turning his lifelong passion for history into a deep dive into witchcraft as he fronts The Witches Of Essex. It’s a subject that’s fascinated him since childhood. “It started at primary

TikTok’s ‘WitchTok’ community is growing – but is it a fad? We speak to two witches about what modern witchcraft means to them and how they’ll be celebrating this Halloween...

A year in the life of the eighteenth-century naturalist

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

On the morning of 4 August 1577, the good Christian folk of Bungay assembled in St Mary’s Church for their regular Sunday service. But more sinister forces were also gathering in the Suffolk town. Dar