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 a...

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, mirror, on the wall/ Who...

'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 her finger on...