I’ve just come across the New Yorker article about the film of P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins which I’ve just started to read. Its short so I’ll have finished it tonight.
Whilst I’m aware of the Disney reputation for whitewashing and the ideal nuclear family (working father, hosebound mother and dutiful children), I hadn’t realised the complete [...]
It’s Beatrix Potter’s birthday today.
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I’m reading a book called Borrobil by William Croft Dickinson which is really odd but quite exciting.
Published in 1944, two children dance around a Ring on Beltane and Borrobil, a magical being appears. He reminds them of the old ways, i.e. what Beltane means, and then takes them on a tour through the mythology of [...]
The Independent is running a story which casts doubts on the films of the Northern Lights trilogy currently being finished due to Christian protests which affected box office takings in the US.
Whilst part of me is curious about the takings affecting future plans, I wonder if it is the subject matter of the books, Chris [...]
Neil Gaiman has an excellent short story entitled “The Problem of Susan” in which the elderly Susan is interviewed after the events of Narnia. As critics and boggers, including myself, have noted, CS Lewis is harsh on Susan. Though it is her horn (surely this comes from Lord of the Rings) which brings the children [...]