In a dramatic turn of events, John Higgins, often referred to as the 'Wizard' of Scotland, has made headlines with an impressive comeback victory in the semi-finals of the 2025 World Snooker Open.

An engraving showing the events that led up to the North Berwick witchcraft trials from the publication 'Newes from Scotland' (1591). King James VI of Scotland, even wrote a book, the Daemonologie ...

Across Europe fear of witchcraft was very much in the air. In 1563, James’s mother, Mary Queen of Scots, passed the Scottish Witchcraft Act, making witchcraft punishable by death. These fears ...