Hans Christian Andersen
The first fairy stories were never intended for children
Philip Hensher explores the origins of fairy tales
Chilling: Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl at Sadler’s Wells reviewed
Did your feet twitch? That’s the test of The Red Shoes. Did your toes point? Your ankles flex? Your arches…
How to make a Christmas ballet hit: behind the scenes at Scottish Ballet’s Snow Queen
Ballet, like bread sauce and green chartreuse, is often just a Christmas thing and the UK’s national companies plan their…
Mean-spirited, muddled, idiotic and puerile: Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter reviewed
In the year since it opened, the Bridge has given us the following: a harmless Karl Marx comedy by Richard…
Christmas-themed books — for children and adults
There’s a moment in a child’s life where Christmas begins to lose its magic. Once lost it cannot be regained,…
Green djinns and a green boy: the best summer reading for children
It’s the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland — cue an explosion of editions of the book, a new biography…
