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How to Kill a Witch and Witches: Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell and Steven Veerapen

Date 9th Nov 2025 6.00pm - 7.00pm Price £14.94 Over 14s only. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Location Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite View map Book tickets A 12% booking fee is included in the ticket price, as advertised. At check-out this fee will be shown separately for receipt purposes and to ensure the face value of your ticket is correct. Prices are subject to change. Prices may vary on the night of an event. Transactions fees may vary depending on event.

✍ History, Witchcraft, Britain & Ireland

Broadcaster and journalist Ruth Wishart sits down with writers Zoe Venditozzi, Claire Mitchell, and Steven Veerapen to discuss all things witches and witchcraft.

In How to Kill a Witch: A Guide For The Patriarchy, Mitchell & Venditozzi take a deep dive into Scotland of the 1500s. If you were a woman at that time, there’s a good chance you or someone you knew would be tried as a witch. Over 4,000 were accused and many suffered grizzly executions. Inspired to correct this historic injustice, the writers seek to understand why the trials exploded to such a degree.

Meanwhile, in Steven Veerapen’s Witches, he traces the history of witchcraft from the mass trials in the late sixteenth century to the decline of witch-hunting in the early eighteenth century. Based on documents and the latest historical research, he explores what caused the mass panics about alleged witches and what ultimately led to the relegation of the witch—and the witch-hunter—to the realm of fantasy.

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