<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[John Callow]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Callow]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:03:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.johncallow.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Fortean Times Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[A terrific five star review of my new book on Gerald Gardner and the origins of Wicca has been published in the latest edition of the Fortean Times.]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/fortean-times-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6939954152e0714bcdd36bf7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_dcd0108740ec4708a0fe93ea3e968146~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_828,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerald Gardner &#38; the Creation of Wicca]]></title><description><![CDATA[New book out now! 'Gerald Gardner &#38; the Creation of Wicca' provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the man and his magical...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/gerald-gardner-the-creation-of-wicca</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68eb6150c5f7d92d6c0ac1de</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:11:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_c7cac335a1a84134967155e97c337757~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out Now - Prospero's Isle: Gerald Gardner on the Isle of Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[My new book on Gerald Gardner, 'Prospero's Isle', is out now through Rose Ankh Books. The first copies left the warehouse, last week,...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/out-now-prospero-s-isle-gerald-gardner-on-the-isle-of-man</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6804a60a85f51f9fd6a6be22</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 07:48:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_a5ca8d0c03c9478eb6e10d1da60ffa4d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shropshire Witches Podcast: The Bideford Witches with Dr John Callow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Join Dr John Callow in this episode as discusses the Bideford witches, the last witches in England. John talks to Alix &#38; Amy about the...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/shropshire-witches-podcast-the-bideford-witches-with-dr-john-callow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67cace1ea420dbf76f59c83e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:49:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_e60e582277ea4319a717c54ea318a0a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_360,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerald Gardner on the Isle of Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prospero’s Isle uncovers the story of Gerald Gardner, who transformed witchcraft into a force for empowerment and ecological reverence....]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/gerald-gardner-on-the-isle-of-man</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6776bd51044f649708edd25c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_733527d5fc8f46dfaceb1955f012a3e8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_768,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Black Dog of Peel Castle]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a forbidding fortress set adrift in the Irish Sea, a ghostly black dog the size of a calf, eyes burning like hot coals, foretells doom...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/the-black-dog-of-peel-castle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">674c80ef9cd1f26aeb5602e9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:30:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_20efdd2f25d34c5985ad7ff892a91723~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great English Rebel]]></title><description><![CDATA[No character embodies the archetypal English rebel quite like Robin Hood. Read all about the historical and mythic roots of his tale,...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/the-great-english-rebel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">674c8041d536db5bba83a7a3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 15:28:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_8e06fba179594e028bda984065bfd178~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_828,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[History Hit Podcast - The ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hear all about the last witches of England in the new History Hit Podcast. In 1682, three women of Bideford in Devon became the last...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/history-hit-podcast-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667b1cb627d73510c425e99a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:42:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_e60e582277ea4319a717c54ea318a0a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_360,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Road to Liberation]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, my interview with Vietnam News looks at the world changing victory for the...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/the-road-to-liberation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661ecde492d8c4a62e72f0f1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:15:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_9f8e227bcaa14012ac0c8b17e4e85857~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_273,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[History Hit Podcast - The Pendle Witches]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pendle Witches continue to exert a powerful fascination for anyone interested in the history of witchcraft and magic. 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Published on 7th September 2023, you can order it here.]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/paperback-edition-of-the-last-witches-of-england</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64ce0955d927973306c7b9bf</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2023 08:37:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_e60e582277ea4319a717c54ea318a0a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_360,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Callow</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['All About History' on The Last Witches]]></title><description><![CDATA[A wonderful review of my new book, 'The Last Witches', that has just been published in the December edition (issue 111) of 'All About...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/all-about-history-on-the-last-witches</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61ab4ace822e010016a3ddcb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:06:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d31720_808fa320226a48d3a257e2d18bfeaf41~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Day London's Witch-Hunting Mobs met their Match]]></title><description><![CDATA[Youth gangs running riot on London's South Bank, accusations of Witchcraft, claims of possession, and an unlikely champion of the poor,...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/the-day-london-s-witch-hunting-mobs-met-their-match</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617eb4ffb64fa100178f8337</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:49:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d31720_29bbbc488cbb467ba1b19e8068d5cd3c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BBC History Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[A wonderful and insightful review of my new book, 'The Last Witches of England', by Prof. Marion Gibson - in this month's BBC History...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/bbc-history-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6161e04180f31f0016658a15</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2021 18:32:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d31720_634893b3062b4f5c973bdebcbbfd7d44~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Conversation with Dan Snow]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can hear my 'History Hit' feature on 'The Last Witches of England', with Dan Snow, here: https://play.acast.com/s/dansnowshistoryhit/...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/in-conversation-with-dan-snow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">615b4917e6a089001638a456</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:39:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d31720_e03347f0b9844640be7a60f350628196~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_315,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Witches in Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant....]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/the-last-witches-in-flight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61253d356194110016018da1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:45:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d31720_9e9eaa491f2b406da7b0bd0291cdf730~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Rupert: 'Welcome to Nobody?' ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A version of this article appeared in the latest edition of the journal of the Samuel Pepys Society, but you can read the full text here:...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/prince-rupert-welcome-to-nobody</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60852d3e1981fe007c28896a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:04:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_dea52289c4ab4a6ea4fe4be56f595a01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Spaceman landed in Manchester!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My account of Yuri Gagarin's 1961 visit to Manchester and some of the interviews I did with wonderful people, no longer around, who saw...]]></description><link>https://www.johncallow.com/post/when-the-spaceman-landed-in-manchester</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60768da53f4a9b0016a64ddf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/261d20_23adeff3b4a547d98fb2077ae85e4ade~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>