imagination

The importance of fairy tales in testing times

6 June 2026 9:00 am

The fairy tale stems from our hopeful desires, says the folklorist Jack Zipes – who sees the Land of Oz as a utopian antidote to emerging American capitalism

Farewell to Lyra: The Rose Field, by Philip Pullman, reviewed

25 October 2025 9:00 am

In the final volume of The Book of Dust, Pan’s quest for Lyra’s lost imagination takes him east into another universe, while Lyra heads the same way looking for her daemon

Yes, skunk has changed me. But so have Zoran Mušic’s drawings

7 March 2015 9:00 am

Two recent preoccupations have led me to the same reflection. The first is a Channel 4 programme on the effects…