Professor Marion Gibson
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The Witches of St Osyth (Cambridge UP, 2022) Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials (SandS/Scribner, 2023). Loves history, books, stories. Agent Joanna Swainson
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Today’s favourite archival item: a big suede pouch containing a tiny scrap of paper. It’s a note stating that no timber has been seized by customs officials. A great example of the “Bureaucracy Gone Mad” genre in history #lovearchives The National Archives