Favourite document of today: I’ve been wanting to look at this for a while. John Lowes, 17th century Vicar of Brandeston in Suffolk, falls out with his neighbours and sues them. Later they’ll accuse him of witchcraft…

This is a fascinating snapshot of some of the things that witches and the idea of witchcraft mean to people today. Whatever your views, it’s worth reading if you’re interested in witchcraft in history, historical research and teaching or contemporary politics

25 years ago I saw the "portraits" of witch suspects Agnes and Joan Waterhouse in a 1566 news pamphlet - re-labelled generic images of women. TODAY I found a book where the woodblocks were used before: a 1506 publication by printer Richard Pynson. If you wait long enough...

So proud to collect the ‘Best of Festival’ award for our IslandMagee Witches 1711 Project VR app at the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts last night at Vegas Convention Centre with Dr Andrew Sneddon (Ulster Uni History), Adam Melvin (Music@Ulster) & Helen Jackson (@UlsterComMedia)! 🇺🇸🎬🏆

Famed fortune-tellers. The most famous living First World War diviner and prophet: Madame de Thèbes (born Annette Savary, d. 1916). Now largely forgotten, she became an international star for "predicting" the war. I tell her story in my "Supernatural War" book. Image from BnF.

Interested in learning more about the history of family? Join us either online or in person in Limerick tomorrow for this 2.5 hour event. Everyone welcome. (If you are overseas this link will help you with the time differences: tinyurl.com/2s4wzwd) University Of Limerick Limerick.ie

In today's episode of Witch Hunt, Brendan Walsh joins Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack to discuss the chilling account of a 17th century demonic possession in Connecticut chronicled in Cotton Mather's "Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions." Brendan C. Walsh

Come join is in Copenhagen this October for a conference on witchcraft and authority! ✨ Nationalmuseet Syddansk Universitet #twitterstorians #witchcraft #hextag #Renaissance #CFP #earlymodern

I'm off to London with Dr Andrew Sneddon this week for the Learning on Screen awards, which "honours outstanding educational film & TV production." Our IslandMagee Witches 1711 Project animation, hand-drawn by an immensely talented team of women animators from Enter Yes™, is officially nominated! 🖤

The website for our project PARISH (Preserving and Recording Ireland's Sacred Heritage), a collaboration between Maynooth History and @NDIrishStudies is now live: parishproject.nd.edu. Database to follow!

Our exhibition is back at beautiful Kirk of Calder, Mid Calder on Sundays. Free no need to book, just go anytime between 2-4pm. There are exciting additions and more to come in next few weeks. We’re working with @WithesInWordND planning a wee event on 9th June. Details to follow

At a Commonwealth War Graves commemoration of D-Day today and noticed the range of naval careers on Plymouth’s war memorial - Writer (HR, records), Blacksmith, Plumber, Cook, Telegraphist (signals, communication). All remembered here #WW2 #history

Grimoire Devil's pact. Mid 18th century. Switzerland. This was part of a written pact in a copy of the notorious Grand Grimoire. I included an image of the first part of the pact in my book Grimoires (2009). Here's the second part of the pact. Archives d'Etat de Geneve

This will be great - do go along if you are in the area! #magic #history #event #Virginia

View the Windsor First Town Downtown Heritage bricks for accused witches Alice Young and Lydia Gilbert at the Town Green patio at Central Street, Windsor CT and pay tribute to these innocent residents of colonial Windsor who were hanged for witchcraft charges.

Just got a look at the book cover for my #Islandmageewitches book, Possessed by the Devil, the revised and expanded second edition: looking suitably spooky! Out November 2024 #hextag w1711.org #witchcraft

Fascinating overlaps between symbols of magical and pagan groups, Freemasonry, friendly societies and trades unions at the People’s History Museum, Manchester

Great free event on 30 June 2024 at Great hall, Ulster University Magee campus, The Rise of Maqoma: a staged reading and Q&A Tickets here: events.humanitix.com/the-rise-of-ma…