Author of acclaimed book The Last Witch of Scotland to give talk at Brora

Highland-based author Philip Paris is to give a talk next month to Clyne Heritage Society about the Scottish witchcraft trials of the 16th-18th centuries.

Mr Paris spent years researching the subject in order to write his highly-acclaimed historical fiction book The Last Witch of Scotland.

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The book was inspired by the case of Janet Horne, the last person in Britain to be executed for witchcraft in Dornoch in 1727.

Janet was one of around 2,500 innocent people executed in Scotland for this “crime”, with around 85 per cent of that number being women.

The 50-minute talk takes place at Brora Community Centre on Thursday, November 16, from 7pm. It will be followed by an audience Q&A session, a book signing and refreshments.

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