Some fairy tales aren’t so innocent.
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A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
A painting by John Anster Fitzgerald who was well known for his work featuring fairies.
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The ‘Disneyfication’ of fairies has helped us forget their darker origins.
JM Barrie in 1893.
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Bandelero the Bandit is being performed for the first time since 1877. It is the ideal opportunity for a reappraisal of the Scottish writer’s oeuvre.