Ronald Hutton donates fascinating exhibit to Museum of Curiosity [audio 30min]

Historian Ronald Hutton is invited to donate a new exhibit to the Museum of Curiosity by its curators, John Lloyd (producer of the four Blackadder TV series) and Bill Bailey (comedian, musician and actor). Hutton is a Professor of History at the University of Bristol. He is a leading authority on the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as on ancient and medieval paganism and magic and the global context of witchcraft beliefs and modern paganism. He is a prolific author, whose latest work deals with the origins of modern Druidry and how the modern movement emerged in history. In Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, he examines the development of Wicca and the context in which it formed, arguing for its importance as a genuine new religious movement while debunking claims of connections to longstanding hidden pagan traditions as being questionable at best. He says"I continue to be inspired by most of what I read and hear, which is why I find life so exciting and exhausting".