I think we need stories about things to love them, don't we? I have an older brother who is a sort of ext ay naturalist. My family is very interested the natural worldy. And as i wrote story land it became increasingly important to me to pick out those details that are specific to a place. It was doing a lost of this writing when there were wild fires in california and there were terrible floods here in britain. The descriptions that ovid offers of this are incredibly resonant of this parched earth with disaster covered earth. So yes, ice us.
Art historian, printmaker and writer Dr Amy Jeffs is joined in conversation by author and journalist Charlotte Higgins to discuss how ancient myths and legends are constantly retold and reimagined by new storytellers. Amy Jeffs' book, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain, is a retelling of 30 medieval myths and legends. Charlotte Higgins' book, Greek Myths: A New Retelling, provides a refreshed narrative by focusing on the perspective of women in the stories of Ancient Greece, with illustrations from Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili.
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