Be Our Guest
I have a confession to make. I am most certainly a hopeless romantic. Actually, let me rephrase that. I am …
Category Archives: Story Unwrapped
That Snow White & Rose Red Post
So many stories have such complex themes and multiple layers it’s refreshing when you come across a story that has …
Smash the Patriarchy? – Rumplestiltskin as Archetypal Misogynist
Sometimes I have to say to myself “not everything is about smashing the Patriarchy”. To which of course I …
In Celebration of Ladybirds
We’ve recently ‘celebrated’ World Book day. So of course friends post lists of favourite books and inspirational books and books …
This World’s Darkness – A Halloween Post
“Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s …
That Doing Nothing Post – thoughts on Play, Rest and “Swallows & Amazons”
Achieving the quest; rescuing the prisoner; lifting the curse. Scoring the goal; hitting the target; going the distance. Having journeyed …
That “Representation” Post
I’ve written, deleted and re-written this post so many times over the past few months. Because this is something …
That post on grief – Part two “The Body”
I’ve wanted to write about “The Body” from almost the outset of starting this blog. There just hasn’t been a …
That Post on Grief – Part One
I’ve mentioned a few times now how stories and dreams are similar in nature. That stories are, on a simplified …
On Dreams, musical felines and stories without plots.
Believe it or not, having repeatedly written that Story is about more than the plot (in fact, the plot is …
