Monthly Archives: October 2020

  With Hallowe’en nearly upon us, Dr Allan Kennedy gets into the spooky spirit by telling the story of the supposed witches’ coven discovered in Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire, in 1662.   Follow Allan on Twitter at: @Allan_D_Kennedy    Between 1563 and 1736, roughly 4,000 Scots, mainly women, were accused of witchcraft. Of these, perhaps 2,500 were

  Dr Allan Kennedy tells the story of the little-known bandit Calum Og McGrigor, who terrorised the Stirlingshire area throughout the 1660s, and asks what his crimes can tell us about deviance and marginality in 17th-century Scotland.   Follow Allan on Twitter at: @Allan_D_Kennedy    Banditry was a major problem in 17th-century Scotland, particularly the Highlands.