YFOS EVENT REVIEW: 12 Silk Handkerchiefs
Yorkshire Festival of Story hosts a weekly Folk Thursday. This series begun with our Headliner, 12 Silk Handkerchiefs, and was brilliantly received by attendees. Read on to see what Gill O’Donnell, an independent reviewer, made of the performance. By Gill O’Donnell A deeply moving retelling of a horrific story “12 Silk Handkerchiefs” is based on […]
Rapunzel – Become a Hairdresser for Nature!
Family fun activity for the Summer Hols! Derived from the German fairy tale by Fredrich Schulz, it was The infamous Grimm Brothers adaption that put Rapunzel firmly on the map in 1812. It tells the tale of a pregnant lady who craves the herb Rapunzel and sends her husband out to gather some. He is […]
The Gingerbread Man
Family fun activity for the Summer Hols! I remember the shock I felt as a child when I learnt the outcome of the story “The Gingerbread Man.” As an adult you rejoice in the fate of the cocky little gingerbread man who was eventually gobbled by a fox! When you’re young, it’s a bit of […]
Arts as a tool to understand our environment
We all know family life is hectic. Wouldn’t it be nice to spend a day out together? One that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Settle Stories and the Ribble Rivers Trust joined forces to give participants and attendees just that. On Sat 4th May we ran a FREE day of family fun down […]