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...

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...