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The Lancashire Witches

Posted in Books, History, Witchcraft, tagged , , on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) was a historical novelist and one of the most popular English authors of the later 19th century. Born in Manchester, he trained as a lawyer and practised in London, but his true ambitions were always literary. In his youth, Ainsworth read adventure stories and was an admirer of Dick Turpin, the [...]

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HerStoria

Posted in Brighton, History, Magazines, Witchcraft, tagged , , , on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

HerStoria is a new quarterly magazine, launched in Liverpool this February.  Its byline is ‘history that puts women in their place’. Women’s role in history has sometimes been overlooked, though the same could also be said for other groups such as the working class and non-whites. Focussing on their stories helps us to understand the [...]

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The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy

Posted in Books, History, Witchcraft, tagged , on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Lancashire Witch Conspiracy is a remarkable new book by John A. Clayton, focusing on the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612. He has undertaken extensive research to achieve what seemed impossible, bringing valuable new evidence to light. It was the largest witch trial in England at that time, surpassed only by Matthew Hopkins’ reign of [...]

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Lois The Witch

Posted in Books, History, Witchcraft, tagged , , , , on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I studied Elizabeth Gaskell’s North And South for my English Literature A Level, without much enthusiasm. Nearly 20 years later, I’ve taken a look at Mrs Gaskell’s other work. She also wrote a number of short stories in the gothic genre, seemingly a world away from her more familiar social realism.

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