Witches of Scotland

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EPISODE 79 THAT GLASGOW WITCH and JUANO DIAZ Dec 28, 2025

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Zoe and Claire wish to offer a Solstice offering to all those who have stuck by us with this podcast through a VERY patchy period and we wanted to give u THE BEST festive guests we could think of to finish this year! First is @thatglasgowwitch whose quiet, authentic witch work has taken the world by storm and the hugely talented artist and author Juano Diaz whose excellent book, Slumboy tells of his childhood and whose current artistic work focuses on the spiritual world.

EPISODE 69 STACEY THOMAS “The Revels” Aug 22, 2023

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Zoe and Claire speak to author Stacey Thomas about her debut novel “The Revels” - all about witchcraft accusations . Stacey Thomas is a contributor to Bad Form Review. She is an alumna of the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course where she was awarded the Clare Mackintosh Scholarship for Black Writers. In 2021, she was announced as one of the three winners of HarperCollins’s inaugural Killing It Competition for Undiscovered Writers.

EPISODE 68 - MODERN WITCHCRAFT ACCUSATIONS AND TRIALS WITH LEO IGWE : WARNING DISCUSSES VIOLENCE Jun 03, 2023

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Zoe and Claire catch up with Leo Igwe to find out about witchcraft accusations in the present day : what are people being accused of, by whom and why? NB The Aye Write event has now already taken place - sorry to those who missed it! WARNING - Discusses violence against people accused of witchcraft

EPISODE 61 - ANNA DAY - STATUES AND MEMORIALISATION Aug 23, 2022

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Zoe and Claire talk to Anna Day, Cultural Public Programme Manager for Perth about statues in memory of women accused of witchcraft, why memorials are important and Anna shares her own family story of remembering those who died in WWII.

EPISODE 41 - WITCHES OF SCOTLAND SYMPOSIUM: WITCH-HUNTING WOMEN Sep 06, 2021

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Join Zoe & Claire as they learn from the experts as to how they research the history of those accused of witchcraft : Judith Gorman, Helen Upfield, Mary Craig, Norah Carlin and Catherine McPhee : with a reading from Elizabeth Lee’s new book Cunning Women and an exclusive performance from Heal and Harrow

EPISODE 40 LAURA GRAHAM ARTIST Aug 27, 2021

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Join Zoe and Claire speaking to Laura Graham, lawyer and artist. Laura’s work has been particularly informed by the Scottish Witch Trials - we discuss the patriarchy, what’s in a name, her work “Soul Murder” and the “dittays” against women accused as witches

EPISODE 17 - KAREN STRANG ARTIST Jan 17, 2021

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Zoe and Claire name women killed as witches and consider why it is that so many of us believe that had we lived during the period of the Witchcraft Act we too would be accused of being a witch - We also talk with artist Karen Strang (www.karenstrang.co.uk ) who has been working on art inspired by the women killed as witches for decades.

EPISODE 13 - PETER ROSS TOMB WITH A VIEW AND COUNCILLOR KATE STEWART Dec 20, 2020

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A discussion with author of Tomb with a View , Peter Ross on the the need to memorialise the dead and the work of Councillor Kate Stewart, a founding member of RAWS (Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland)

EPISODE 11 PAULA KEHOE AND THE WITCHES OF IRELAND Dec 06, 2020

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Paula Kehoe and Ashlene Aylward are currently co-writing and producing a tv show about the women accused of witchcraft in Ireland - we hear about these women and why there were so few accused of witchcraft in Ireland when compared with Scotland

PROFESSOR JULIAN GOODARE - THE EUROPEAN WITCH HUNT Oct 25, 2020

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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” came about - what is has to do with 18th century cartoonists and why our “witch” Hallowe’en outfit could have looked very different from the broomstick, black hat and black cat construct we use today. Also hear about how many people in Scotland were affected by witchcraft compared to Europe.

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