I’ve just finished the latest Paddington Bear book and it has been a gas. Paddington: Here and Now marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Bear from darkest Peru’s appearance at Paddington station.
Needless to say, he finds himself frequently at a loose end whilst taking a humorously, gentle look at English life from the outside. [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I read Borrobil but couldn’t see anything on the author with the Wikipedia page being deleted. I also tried the continuum encyclopedia and the Oxford companion but no beans. I should have known that the essential Encyclopedia of Fantasy would contain a short article.
Richard Dalbey’s article gives his dates [...]
Despite its Disneyfication, the novel of P.L. Travers is a fantastic fairy tale combining a fairy tale with a remaking of a happier England. Born Queensland in 1906, Travers left for England during the 1920s. Mary Poppins was first published in 1937 and is a wonderful wish fulfillment fantasy where the Banks’ family are taken [...]