As Ronald Hutton's Blood and Mistletoe makes clear, we like the idea of the Druids so much that we’ve made up almost everything we know about them, says Noel Malcolm The mistletoe in the title of this ...
The Druids of ancient Celtic culture have long been shrouded in mystery, often depicted as wise priests, sorcerers, or even human sacrificers. But how much of what we "know" about them is true? This ...
They were said to be the church, the courts, and the education system all in one, but what do we really know about the Druids? When it comes to figures in history that have captured our imagination, ...
The Krewe of Ancient Druids has paraded Uptown on the week before Mardi Gras since 1999. Led by the Arch Druid, their version of a king, the satirical parade is popular with paradegoers and the press.
The face of a woman believed to have been a Scottish druid has been recreated by a student from the University of Dundee. The woman could have been more than 60 years old when she died during the Iron ...