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 ...
On September 1, a parliamentary committee agreed to pass the issue on to the Scottish government. The bill is likely to be passed around June, 2022. Witch-hunts were not unique to Scotland.
“It’s important to recognise that Lilias Adie and the thousands of other men and women accused of witchcraft in early modern Scotland were not the evil people history has portrayed them to ...
Calls for the "witch hunt" of soldiers who served in Northern Ireland to stop is the front page of The Scottish Daily Express. Two former paratrooper who served during the Troubles were acquitted ...
The former leader of Reform in Scotland has resigned her membership, accusing the party of a "witch hunt" against her after she was suspended. Michelle Ballantyne, a former Scottish Conservative ...