Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com.

Thought fairy tales were all pampered princesses and happily-ever-afters? Think again. The original versions of some of our best-loved fairy tales are a far cry from their Disney-fied incarnations ...

Thang Dac Luong says creating new fairy tales, or reinterpreting old ones, offers a gentle way of looking at Australia's complex past. "I think it's a safe way, because we're trying to imagine ...

In seeing these foundational texts in a new way and interacting with ... In an early edition of the Green Fairy Book, the only non-European tales included are from China, which was seen as a ...

As Gemini author and academic Jack Zipes maintains, “Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.” ...

Ecological themes are deftly woven into The Last Wild Cat, which intersects with Maori myth and the ethics of animal rights. In its respectable villain, Professor Smoult, it challenges ideas of ...

This new, $4.35 million "The Sleeping Beauty," the result of a remarkable multiyear design collaboration, has been highly ...

Show programs, movies filmed in the themed pavilions, puppet shows and musical concerts at the country’s most important exhibition will take place every weekend through March 2.