by Lucy Hounsom | September 10, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHumanity is intrinsically bound up with nature and the natural world. We are its creatures, we depend on it for survival, we fear it, love it, deify it…and we’ve become quite good at killing it. Ours is a...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 3, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
Wild Time by Rose Biggin and Keir Cooper is a bold and often outrageous reimagining of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There’s so much to explore in this book that we invited one of the authors along to introduce it! Read on as we reclaim...
by Lucy Hounsom | August 27, 2020 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSVariously listed as a horror, comedy and fantasy film by different websites, one thing is certain: Cabin in the Woods, by Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon, defies easy labelling. Is this a send-up of the horror genre in...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 30, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Story of Silence is based on a 13th century French chivalric romance, distinguished by its prominent discussion of gender. Reimagined by Alex Myers, we found it to be a compelling exploration of transgender...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 2, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe have long been obsessed with the chosen one. This ubiquitous archetype has spawned thousands of heroic narratives involving a prophecy and a great evil to be overcome. But in recent years, we’re seeing less and...
by Lucy Hounsom | June 18, 2020 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSEntrenched racism is all around us. This is not a new phenomenon nor the first time racism has been headline news – and yet we have a seemingly incredible ability to forget the atrocities committed daily as long as...
