Fractured Fairy Tales by Alma Alexander Fairy tales – new-told, re-told, re-invented, rebuilt, new-visioned. Fairy tales are the building blocks not just of fantasy but of all fiction, the original Story, the thing we all grew up on. This is … Continue reading
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In a stunning essay on freedom and power, “What to an American Is the Fourth of July?”, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi writes the following: [P]ower comes before freedom, not the other way around. Power creates freedom, not the other way … Continue reading
Paradise by Chaz Brenchley A miracle may cure cancer in one teenage boy, but can it cure a community…? They call it Paradise: an inner-city danger zone, starved of resources and starved of hope. Run-down housing, run-down lives. Then comes … Continue reading