Witches of Scotland

In this episode we talk about the work of artist Caren Thompson who is doing a project which memorialises the people executed as witches in Scotland - You can see her work on insta as the Medicine Spoon Memorial, She is part of the SILVER SPOON COLLECTIVE and you can find our more about her work here website www.madeonthemoors.co.uk you can see how to get involved in the project - you can also see...

Find out about the women accused as witches in the Paisley Witch Trials from the award winning screenwriter, director actor and producer Julia Campanelli. She names this women and men killed as witches and she tells us why she became so fascinated with the story. She also discusses why she believes that the history of witchcraft is linked with the transatlantic slave trade. Also find out why she m...

This week Zoe and Claire discuss women executed as witches - including 10 women executed as #witches in Dumfries, the 81 Prestonpans witches, and the extraordinary pardon granted to them by their local Burgh. We also discuss statues to women - in light of the recent controversy over the memorial to Mary Wollstonecraft - and 18th century writer and philosopher who wrote about the rights of women. H...

Zoe and Claire remember the names and stories of 3 women executed as witches, and speak to a 21st century witch and author Alice Tarbuck about what witchcraft means to her, and why she supports the Witches of Scotland campaign. Alice also shares with us her poem “exceptional knowledge” - the title reflecting the words at the “witches well” on the castle esplanade in Edinburgh

Zoe and Claire talk about 3 women involved in witchcraft trials - Grissell Jaffray, Jonet Drever and Mary Somerville and we hear the final instalment of our talk with Professor Goodare where he answers the question - if women and men could both be convicted of witchcraft - why were the vast majority of people accused women?

Zoe and Claire ask Professor Goodare why did Scotland have 5 times as many witchcraft trials as anywhere else in Europe? Find out why quarrels and curses became the background to the Witchcraft Act 1563, how the reformation and counter-reformation added to the search for witches and why the devil was always cold....

Professor Julian Goodare is an expert on witches -Author of The European Witch Hunt - as well as many other witch related titles - Director of the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft along with co-director Louise Yeoman - this is part 1 of our interview with him - learn with Zoe and Claire why the history of witches is thought by some to be the history of pagans; about how the modern idea of “witch” cam...

Zoe and Claire learn about the trial of Euphame Maccalzean : the Cats of Gormal of Lochaber : the tricks of Helen Duncan with author Mairi Kidd . If you enjoy the episode please rate us on your app!

The book “Where are the Women” written by author Sara Sheridan was one of the inspirations for the Witches of Scotland campaign - her Sara tells us about her book and how she might like the women who were convicted of witchcraft to be memorialised

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