Arts and humanitiesWitchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe by Geoffrey Scarre, John Callow et alGeoffrey Scarre, John Callow et al examine the history of witchcraft.Witchcraft and Magic
At the dawning of the third millennium, a belief in the reality and efficacy of witchcraft and magic is no longer an integral component of mainstream Western culture. When misfortune strikes at us, our family or a close neighbour, we do not automatically seek to locate the source of all our ills and ailments in the operation of occult forces, nor scour the local community for the elderly woman who maliciously harnessed them and so bewitched us. Read More...
Organ GrinderMarketing & PRCristiano Ronaldo and Paris Hilton: was it a stunt?Could the sight of the footballer and US heiress in LA the night before his Real Madrid deal was confirmed be a coincidence?Call me a cynical old publicist but I have to admit that I am hardly surprised to see Cristiano Ronaldo spread across the tabloids today with Paris Hilton tucked under his arm at a club in Los Angeles. Read More...
Books interviewFictionInterviewEm Strang: ‘Right now we’re living through a time of incredible misogyny’Hephzibah AndersonThe award-winning poet on writing in the voice of a convicted killer, her excavation of the masculine psyche and why she wants to read less
At 52, award-winning Scottish poet Em Strang is publishing her debut novel. Quinn is narrated by a convicted murderer who gets a shot at redemption when the mother of his victim makes a gesture of what appears to be radical forgiveness. Read More...
