Imagery and illustration, film and video, performance art and interactive immersion are and have always been, big themes for the band. Frontman Mark Motherbaugh’s early artistic inspirations ...

Haddon Hall will be showcasing some spooky antics this Halloween, taking guests on specialised tours to see the hall's apotropaic '˜witch' marks. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

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An array of centuries old carvings have been discovered at one of Lincolnshire's most haunted and historic buildings. Gainsborough Old Hall is more than 500 years old and is one of the best ...

The witches' marks, also known as carved ritual protection or apotropaic marks, include rare curse inscriptions, which the charity said must have been made around the time that merchant William ...

The marks - also called apotropaic marks, from the Greek word for avoiding evil - are ritual protection symbols from a time when witchcraft and the supernatural were popular. They are most often found ...