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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Beddington

EXPLAINED: Casting a spell meeting three witches in 1986 - The Real Truth

The Lady Olwen, Queen of the Britain’s witches. There were 2,500 of them.
Hubble bubble: the Lady Olwen, Queen of the Britain’s witches. There were 2,500 of them. Photograph: PR

In 1968, the Observer met three witches, but thankfully it didn’t end in murder, haunting and tragedy. Seventeen years since the repeal of the Witchcraft Act, they were free to exercise their craft, but what did that actually involve and was contemporary witchcraft ‘really just a cover for sex’?

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