Sarah Hodgson

Mar 4, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Emma Peters |Sarah Hodgson |Rohan A Elliott |Shaun Greene

Data availability statement The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

Nov 22, 2023 | emj.bmj.com | Sarah Hodgson |Keiran O'Mahony |James Nicholson |Pete Williams

Handling editor Aileen McCabeContributors PW responsible for research idea and contributed to data interpretation. SH and KOM responsible for data acquisition and initial data analysis. JN and SH responsible for subanalyses. Data tables and figures by JN. Manuscript written by SH and JN and reviewed by KOM and PW. Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. Competing interests None declared.

Oct 31, 2023 | lancs.live | Sarah Hodgson

More than 400 years ago, back in 1612, England under the rule of King James I was rife with religious persecution and superstition. And in Lancashire, the matter became extremely sinister. King James VI of Scotland became the first monarch to unite the kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1603 when he succeeded his aunt, Queen Elizabeth I. The monarch had not long survived the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and it's fair to say there was a royal obsession and fear of black magic.