Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi successfully campaigned for a state pardon for women accused of witchcraft ...

Over time, Scottish people became shocked by high profile witch hunts that had led to large numbers of deaths. In particular, the ‘Great Scottish Witch Hunt’ of 1661-2 had seen at least 660 ...

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 ...

Between 1563 and 1736, thousands of individuals were executed under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. Designed to enforce godliness in the newly Protestant country, the law condemned anyone who appeared to ...

There are thousands of officially registered Scottish tartan designs, but only one is dedicated to the “witches” of Scotland. Certified earlier this month, the tricolor pattern is intended as ...

A new tartan has been registered memorialising the people in Scotland who were persecuted for witchcraft. The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women ...

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 ...

A new tartan has been registered memorialising the people in Scotland who were persecuted for witchcraft. The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women, who were ...

Ever since Claire Mitchell KC launched her Witches of Scotland campaign back in 2020, she has been pushing for a memorial to the thousands of people, mostly women, tried and executed by the ...