Here is a round-up of recent news stories about paganism and witchcraft. Several are inspired by yesterday's episode of Doctor Who:
"Pagans guilty of Stonehenge trespass" - story at The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pagans-guilty-of-stonehenge-trespass-zs5g72qt
"How Christians co-opted the winter solstice" - story at Big Think: https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/how-christians-co-opted-the-winter-solstice
News stories about Sunday's Doctor Who episode, which I haven't seen yet, so no spoilers please:
"Doctor Who: What happened during real-life witch trials, and who were the Pendle Hill witches?" - story at Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-25/doctor-who-series-11-episode-8-history-pendle-hill-witch-trials-king-james/
"Doctor Who: Witches and kings and Alan Cumming, oh my" - story at Culturess: https://culturess.com/2018/11/23/doctor-witches-kings-alan-cumming-oh/
"James I: how the king's obsession with witches inspired Shakespeare's Macbeth" - story at inews.co.uk: https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/king-james-i-witches-macbeth-doctor-who-the-witchfinders-season-11/
"Doctor Who season 11: Were the Pendle Hill witch trials real?" - story at Express.co.uk: https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1049446/Doctor-who-season-11-dr-who-pendle-hill-witch-trials-real-the-witchfinders-king-james-I
"Doctor Who, episode 8, review: 'The Witchfinders' is Jodie Whittaker's Scariest Outing Yet"- story at The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/doctor-who-episode-8-witchfinders-jodie-whittaker-alan-cumming-amazon-leak-a8648651.html
And some other news about witches on TV and on the stage:
"Satanists settle lawsuit with Netflix over goat-headed statue" - story at KSAT San Antonio: https://www.ksat.com/entertainment/satanists-settle-lawsuit-with-netflix-over-goatheaded-statue
"Call The Midwife nun Victoria Yeates quits the show to become a witch" - story at Mirror.co.uk: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/call-midwife-nun-victoria-yeates-13629543
"Ask Not What You Can Do for Your Country, but What Witchcraft Can Do for You" - story at Esquire.com: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a25131301/witchcraft-occult-movies-tv-shows-2018/
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