by Julie Turner | Mar 15, 2019 | What's Happening
Fairytales act as fuel for the imagination. In them, we have a fantasy world of fairy godmothers and wicked witches; we have carriages conjured up from pumpkins; we have a world where nothing is impossible. That in itself is a vivid reminder to us that there is more...
by Julie Turner | Mar 14, 2019 | What's Happening
Fairytales are often criticised for focussing on love stories and for painting an unrealistic picture of romantic love (always between a beautiful woman in need of rescue by a handsome prince.) We’ve seen that that story in itself is a parable, for the church is...
by Julie Turner | Mar 13, 2019 | What's Happening
Virtually the first film I can remember watching was Disney’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ I can remember being terrified by the wicked stepmother in that film and feeling her raw jealousy as the mirror responded to her question ‘Mirror,...
by Julie Turner | Mar 13, 2019 | What's Happening
‘Sleeping Beauty’ is another classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, a sleeping enchantment and a handsome prince. In this story, the celebrations at the birth of a princess are ruined when an evil fairy curses her, saying that when she pricks...
by Julie Turner | Mar 12, 2019 | What's Happening
Fairytales are modern parables, clothing important truths in stories that enchant us. ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is another of these stories, where the kindness and love of a beautiful girl (Belle) see beyond the ugliness and fierceness of the Beast to...
