Witchcraft
Witches review – impressive study of postpartum psychosis recovery equated to witchcraft
Director Elizabeth Sankey’s free-ranging film uses interviews with actors and support groups alongside clips of cinematic covens to draw parallels with her own experiences
Leslie Felperin
22, Nov, 2024 @9:00 AM
If reason can’t save the world, no wonder magic and superstition are on the rise
Exorcisms are booming, witchcraft is having a moment, Tucker Carlson says he was attacked by a demon. It makes as much sense as anything at a time of climate crisis, war and Trump
Emma Beddington
17, Nov, 2024 @2:00 PM
I found a witch supply store opposite a Nisa Local. It’s the start of a magical journey | Adrian Chiles
I’ve already bought a book called Basic Witches, and I’ll be back to buy some crystals soon, writes Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles
18, Jul, 2024 @10:00 AM
‘If you want to call me a witch … that’s fine’: Suranne Jones on magic, misogyny and murder
She has always loved mysticism, shamanism and crystals – but until now, she’s kept it a secret. Her new documentary brings it all out into the open
Coco Khan
21, Jun, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘They wanted her to confess to witchcraft’: ending the chilling effects of dementia stigma in Nigeria
Grassroots groups across the country are raising awareness of the condition to dispel myths and prevent people – most of whom are women – being ostracised, attacked and killed
Sarah Johnson
05, Jun, 2024 @6:00 AM
The ‘epilepsy warriors’ breaking down the barriers in Cameroon
Amid alarming rates of the illness, many living with it are seen as cursed. Now these myths are being challenged
Promise Eze
03, Apr, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘Rather insensitive’: Fife council to remove menacing witch mural
Mural by Rogue One found to be not in keeping with historic area, after complaints about portrayal of women accused of witchcraft
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
09, Jun, 2023 @10:47 AM
‘Community at its absolute worst’: revisiting the horror of the Salem witch trials
At a new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, a ‘reckoning and reclaiming’ is taking place with a devastating portion of history
Veronica Esposito
05, Oct, 2022 @6:02 AM
Failure to pardon women persecuted as witches in Scotland ‘prolongs misogyny’
MSP Natalie Don launches Holyrood bill to pardon people tortured and executed under Witchcraft Act 1563
Libby Brooks
22, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM
Witch-hunts and ritual child abuse are a stain on Africa. We must confront them | Dr Joan Nyanyuki
Thousands of children accused of witchcraft suffer ritual abuse every year – and those with albinism are the main victims
Joan Nyanyuki
08, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
Herbalist’s murder highlights assault on Mayan spirituality in Guatemala
Spiritual guide Domingo Choc Che was tortured and burned by neighbors who accused him of witchcraft – and advocates say Christian churches are stoking prejudice
Jeff Abbott in Guatemala City
25, Oct, 2021 @9:45 AM
Tanzanians with albinism embrace a life beyond stigma and superstition | Lucy Lamble
In a country where myths about albinism can have deadly consequences, an organisation set up to battle discrimination is having a profound impact
Lucy Lamble
16, Jan, 2019 @7:00 AM
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