Rupert Russell believes the UK's 1960s-1970s embrace of Wicca helped give birth to the Satanic Panic when its ideas were co-opted by opportunistic Americans.

Since 2014, local authorities have logged 14,000 cases of abuse linked to witchcraft. And the latest figures show cases are ...

From the Pendle Witches to Samlesbury Hall, here are some of the areas in Lancashire that locals associate with witchcraft.

Find out why the 'quaint' coastal town of Whitby in North Yorkshire is among the UK's 'most charming', according to ...

Anime Ltd have announced that select Vue, Odeon, Showcase and The Light cinemas will be showing three episodes of the anime adaptation of Kenta Shinohara's romantic magical comedy Witch Watch manga, a ...

A new Scottish tartan has been designed to honor the thousands of individuals — mostly women — who were executed between 1563 and 1736 under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. The Witches of Scotland tartan ...

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act ...

Hexham in Northumberland has been recommended as a UK staycation destination by travel blog The Crazy Tourist, with the small ...

A runner has spoken of his pride at securing a place at the London Marathon, where he will fly the flag for a little-known ...

After claiming to be demon-possessed, a Nigerian man convicted of drug selling and armed robbery has been allowed to stay in the UK. In 2011, the man—whose name is being withheld for legal reasons—was ...

In this blog, we use the term ‘women’ to refer to those born with female sex, including female chromosomes and hormones, rather than gender. We currently have very little research evidence specific to ...

The man, jailed for seven years in 2011 for carrying out armed robbery on brothel, later imprisoned again in 2018 for supplying crack cocaine ...