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: Modern Stories -Movies, TV, Books
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 …
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’s …
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 …
Room in the inn – Welcoming the outsider: That Edward Scissorhands post
Yes, I believe a Christmas film isn’t necessarily about the time of year the story is set or the inclusion …
Let yourself be Spirited Away
Crossing cultural boundaries, story brings us together like few other things. This was evident in the first Miyasaki film I …
How Far?
How far would you go for your cause? Would it depend on how “good” the cause was? Would it depend …
