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Civil society, not civil war. Do please repost, #Elon

Heritage highlight of the day: The Battle of Cable Street mural in Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, commemorates the defeat of fascist marchers by the people of East London in October 1936. Painted by Dave Binnington, Paul Butler, Ray Walker and Desmond Rochfort between 1979-83.

After 6 years editing Elements in Magic Cambridge University Press I'm handing over shortly to will horsing pooley cambridge.org/core/publicati… - history, literature, theology, folklore, archaeology and more! Thanks to all authors, reviewers, readers and editor Alex Wright⭐️

Completely understand why people might have had enough, but we have lost 200+ followers in just a week. So if you have followers you think might appreciate our quiet, bookish, pretty and sociable corner of twitter please do reweet and we will try and follow back as far as we can

Come and join us at this year’s Magic and Witchcraft Conference! It would be great to see you all #magic #witchcraft

Registration is open for the York-CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference! This year's theme is health and healing, and we have a really exciting range of speakers 😊 12th September in York (or online) - sign up and come join us!

Nothing says August to me like witches and, wait… “Halloween Standing Mouse” and “Autumnal Pig”??? Oh I wilko

Episode one is all about witch hunts - the medieval conspiracy that just won't die. So much to dive into with our guests Professor Marion Gibson @witchesofscotland Dr Zoe Venditozzi Leo Igwe & more ➡️ pod.link/1704462801/epi…

I’m going home to the Isle of Wight for the IOW Literary Festival! The programme includes a varied history/culture mix: Tracy Borman OBE, Clare Balding, Susie Dent, A.N. Wilson, Nigel West, Celia Imrie... Wish we’d had this when I was a kid there! isleofwightliteraryfestival.com/speakers-2024

Today I will mostly be looking at “writings of little consequence” - at least according to this 18th century opinion!

Final archival visit to Suffolk Archives for the England’s Mass Witch Hunt research project. Found lots of good documents - and a ludicrously fluffy Sycamore Moth caterpillar. Perhaps his bookworm cousins ate this manor court record!

Kursk 1943 a brief overview University of Plymouth History theconversation.com/kursk-was-the-…

Off for a bit of Secret Filming today…

Earlier this week I was interviewed by Newsweek for a piece on the Battle of Kursk University of Plymouth History newsweek.com/battle-kursk-a…

Earlier this week I did piece for The Conversation on the 1943 Battle of Kursk. I could have done with another 80,000 words to really scratch the surface of a fascinating battle. University of Plymouth History theconversation.com/kursk-was-the-…

Spanish edition of Witchcraft coming out with a raspberry red cover as Brujeria: Una historia en trece juicios ⬇️

MARION GIBSON | Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER 1.40PM TICKET LINK - ticketsource.co.uk/isle-of-wight-… Marion is a historian of witchcraft, magic, & the fascinating world of ancient & modern witches/trials & the people who feared & persecuted them. Professor Marion Gibson

Out March 2025 🎉 Writing this Introduction, Bibliog, Timelime, and 0000s of endnotes has been a genuine privilege and pleasure. I want this dress!

Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials will be out in paperback this month ✨✨✨ 📚 This boxful got delivered to my neighbour who was expecting a box of coffee and opened it - wow, was he surprised!