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Are you planning a trip or a dial-in to #YorkIdeas 2022? Make sure to catch @JohnCallow1 on The Last Witches of England (in person) and @ClerkofOxford on Conquered (online)!
Find the whole line-up here: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2022…
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Not long now for the witches with @JohnCallow1
The Last Witches of England: the Bideford Witches @JohnCallow1
3 May 2022 7.30pm @themillerpub
2021/12/the-last-witches-of-england-bideford.html
For Bideford, it was said, was a place of witches
@WordBookshop @forteantimes
#FolkloreThursday
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Hear @JohnCallow1 chat with Rachel Holmes about his book The Last Witches of England - join us @TheLondonLib at 7:30pm Weds 23rd Feb (either in-person or online!) to learn about the Bideford witches.
Info & tickets ⬇️
londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on…
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Solidarity with the family of lifelong trade unionist and anti-racist, Jack Dromey.
He championed GMB members during the seminal Grunwick Dispute of 1976-78.
Always there for GMB members
RIP comrade.
John Callow retweeted
In the first episode of the new season of The Folklore Podcast, coming soon, we will be examining the important case of the Bideford Witches with author @JohnCallow1 whose new book on the subject is published by @BloomsburyBooks
England’s last witches HistoryExtra
My new Podcast on the Bideford Witches:
historyextra.com/period/stua…
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“@JohnCallow1’s intriguing book is both a case study of the Bideford witch trail and an examination of how superstition prevailed in a time of increasing rationality.”
Check out the full @NewStatesman review for The Last Witches of England: bit.ly/3BW5Msg
My article in the Hallowe'en Edition of the 'Morning Star': Tyranny of the crowd: how the tables were turned on London’s witch-hunting mobs morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
John Callow retweeted
Drawing on his new book, The Last Witches of England, Dr John Callow explores the changing reputation of the 3 ‘Bideford Witches’, who in 1682 became the last group of women in England to be executed for witchcraft ow.ly/TbtI50GAVUw
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The people of Bolton may have considered this poetic justice, given Stanley had commanded the forces that stormed the town in May 1644 leading to the infamous 'Massacre of Bolton'. There's an excellent article by @JohnCallow1 on @EnglishCivilWar at: earlofmanchesters.co.uk/the-… 2/2
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Happy publication day to @johncallow1! "The Last Witches of England" is out today, and @BloomsburyHistory kindly sent us some discount codes which you can redeem here: bloomsbury.com/uk/last-witch…
🇬🇧UK code: WITCHES35UK
🇺🇸 US code: WITCHES35US
'The Last Witches' have arrived! The official publication date is 7 October - but pre-orders are available through Bloomsbury, Amazon and independent sellers - not the least of which is the wonderful Treadwells in London :)
Check out ""The Last Witches of England" with historian John Callow" eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-last-… @EventbriteUK
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@TUC_Library is very pleased to have contributed an article to the Tressell Society’s new website on the history of the #RaggedTrouseredPhilanthropists manuscript, which is in our collection see
ragged-trousered-philanthrop…
ALT Cover of Ragged Trousered Philanthropists manuscript
Happy Anniversary to Cosmonaut Number 1! An old article of mine for a New Day:
jacobinmag.com/2021/04/yuri-…
Hellebore Magazine's Yule Playlist ... with added Clannad & 'Herne the Hunter':
We asked our contributors to choose one or two songs to go with their pieces from The Yuletide Special.
You can listen to the Hellebore Yuletide playlist here:
open.spotify.com/playlist/29…
