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We're under witchcraft's spell
The Chronicle
|October 30, 2025
Straight Talk
EARLIER this week I interviewed a witch.
She was a nice woman, a grandma from the Midlands, and about as far away from having a pointy hat and a broomstick as it's possible to get.
I did notice she wore a cloak but it is October so I let it slide.
What I couldn't overlook, though, was her assertion there had been a huge uptick in interest in witchcraft of late and that, far from hiding in dark forests cackling round a cauldron, witches are now almost mainstream.
OK, perhaps mainstream is going a bit far but, certainly in terms of her own coven, it's far from hidden and has its own website and waiting list.
This story is from the October 30, 2025 edition of The Chronicle.
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