A brilliant find! Ordinary country England under James I brought slap into the twenty-first century.
Great for Lancashire tourist industry, too. I'm looking forward to what they do with the find. Um, I hope they're not going to demolish it. (How did they find the cat?) Let's hope they give us intelligent historical interpretation and sensitive reconstruction.
More background here, and check out what's with hero Simon Armitage on the iplayer here.
Remember the exhibition about the Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, in the fantastic Colchester Castle Museum? Let's visit again. Go here if you're brave enough.
(All the more info to help us talk about feminist interpretations of witches, about witchcraft in popular culture, and the practice of paganism.)
Of course I couldn't leave the subject without laughter.
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