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Friday, 31 October 2014

Murder at Hindhead: The Curse of the Sailor's Stone

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Although described by William Cobbet as "certainly the most villainous spot that God ever made," my own memories of Hindhead in...
Monday, 27 October 2014

Prince Arthur's Vision: A Tudor Spectre

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What better way to start Halloween week than with a ghost story? Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales and ill-fated heir to King Henry VII, alth...
Friday, 24 October 2014

Role Reversal: The Complaint of Elizabeth Williams.

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Although the passing of the Witchcraft Act did not bring belief in witchcraft to an end overnight, it did mean that those accused and ho...
Monday, 20 October 2014

Witches, Graces or Family Secret? Albrecht Durer and The Four Witches

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Commonly referred to as The Four Witches , there is very little actually known for certain about this intriguing engraving by fifteenth-c...
Monday, 13 October 2014

An Apple for Bread: The case of Jane Brooks

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Today's story from the Library began on 15 th November, 1657 in the small rural Somerset town of Shepton Mallet and ended a few short ...
Sunday, 5 October 2014

The Witch that Wasn't

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The passing of the Witchcraft Act in 1735 did not mean people immediately abandoned their belief in witches, a fact illustrated by a fasci...
Saturday, 27 September 2014

Room on a Broom: The First Confession

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The stereotypical image of a witch with her broomstick is deeply entrenched in the popular consciousness. If you ask anyone, from six to ...