Witches in the News: History to Folklore to Bake-Off

Here are links to two news stories about the reconstruction of the face of a woman accused of witchcraft, plus witchcraft folklore, fiction and articles about modern witches:

‘Face Of 18th-Century ‘Witch’ Who Was Buried Under A Huge Stone To Stop Her Haunting Locals Reconstructed By Scientists’ – story at Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/face-witch-stone-locals-scientists-1457668

‘Mystery over missing remains of ‘witch’ burned at stake ‘for having sex with devil” – story at the Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-over-missing-remains-witch-19165635

‘Weird Suffolk: Why these strange stones with holes could protect you from witches’ – story at East Anglian Daily Times: https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/weird-suffolk-stones-folklore-magic-1-6244139

‘The Witch’s Yew: Ireland’s winning ‘Tree of The Year’ has been announced—and it’s haunted’ – story at Irish Post: https://www.irishpost.com/news/witchs-yew-irelands-winning-tree-year-announced-haunted-170702

‘Philippa Gregory: Why witchcraft has fiction fans under its spell’ – story at Express.co.uk: https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/1171669/philippa-gregory-tidelands-new-book-witchcraft

”I’m a witch’ says Amanda Holden as she declares she has communicated with Alesha Dixon’s unborn baby’ – story at Heart: https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/im-a-witch-says-amanda-holden-alesha-dixon-bgt/

‘Confessions of a Modern Day Witch — the Real Magic of Corbin Chamberlin’ – story at PaperCity Magazine: https://www.papercitymag.com/fashion/corbin-chamberlin-modern-day-witch-confessions-smudging-angels/

‘Bake Off 2019: teary-eyed bakers and witch fingers’ – story at British Baker: https://bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/21799/Bake_Off_2019:_teary-eyed_bakers_and_witch_fingers_.html

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