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Media appearances

Treadwell’s people have been out and about since our opening on Mayday 2003. The expertise of our staff in their respective fields is tapped by journalists, programme-makers and producers. We are always pleased to be approached by documentary and other programme makers. The shop floor itself has been used as a film set, and is available for hire for filming and photo shoots.

BBC Radio Four, 'Beyond Belief' – Interview on modern pagan witchcraft as a spiritual path by Ernie Rea, speaking to Treadwell's Christina Oakley Harrington (27 July 2009.

The Independent on Sunday – Treadwell's was the subject of  an in-depth profile feature article, on account of being an important cultural centre in Britain today  (16 September 2007, by Gary Lachman).

Mumford and Sons – this up-and-coming acid folk band filmed a music video at Treadwell's in the summer of 2009, using the shop-floor as the set.

The Book of English Magic – 2009's doorstop volume on the history and practice of magic in England opens at Treadwell's, with a photo of the shop and an interview with Christina Oakley Harrington.  Authors Richard Heygate and Philip Carr-Gomm also launched the book here.

The Royal Shakespeare Company – engaged Christina Oakley Harrington of Treadwell’s as a consultant on their portayal of the witches in their 2004 production of Macbeth. She spoke to the cast about early modern folk practices, beliefs about cursing, and diabolical symbolism.

The Times – when Treadwell’s Christina Oakley Harrington was the subject of an interview article on early modern witchcraft beliefs in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The interview focussed on historical witchcraft belief, along with some contrasts with modern pagan Wicca. She outlined the contents of a talk she had just given to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s cast of Macbeth, mentioned above. (autumn 2004)

Richard and Judy - Christina Oakley-Harrington appeared on Channel 4's Richard and Judy discussing an Elizabethan magical grimoire auctioned by Sotheby's, and talking about witchcraft today.

Private Eye – an unfortunately long and windy reply to one of the Times interviewer’s questions ended up the following week’s Pseud’s Corner, the cause of much laughter all round Treadwell′s  (autumn 2004).

BBC World Service – Treadwell’s is a regular port of call for programme-makers in the news and religion departments. We have provided interviews for programmes dealing with modern the pagan revival in Europe, with cross-cultural issues in tribal religion, and with Wicca.

Radio Five Live – Treadwell’s supplied an expert on Hallowe’en customs for an on-air discussion that debated superstition in contemporary Britain, during one of FiveLive’s round-table news talks (November 2004).

Resonance Radio – Christina Oakley Harrington appeared on the ‘Mysterious London’ show to discuss London’s history as home for magical practitioners: Lilly, Dee, Culpeper and, more recently, Madame Blavatsky and Aleister Crowley.

Evening Standard Magazine – a half-page short guide to London’s ‘pagan shops’ included the then newly-opened Treadwell’s (summer 2003). A more recent issue ran an article on psychics of London; two of the seven, Becky Walsh and Michael Korel, use Treadwell’s meeting rooms to see clients (January 2005).

Short Film ‘It had to be You’ – Paris-based screenwriter Tama Carroll set one her narrative eerie shorts at Treadwell’s. The shop’s Dickensian look represented an ‘old curiosity shop’ at which a lost and confused man and woman meet their fate (summer 2003).

Destiny TV – one of us from Treadwell’s appeared on one of the company’s daytime talk show to answer questions about modern Wicca, its beliefs and some of the key ideas in its magical practices (autumn 2004).

 

Christina

 

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