The Haunted Wood: a History of Childhood Reading by Sam Leith review – young at heart
A thoughtful, witty and warmhearted journey through children’s literature
March 2024
The magic of audiobooks? Deep down, we still long to be read to
Elizabeth Quinn
An ill-matched narrator can ruin an otherwise rollicking book. But a good one can bring stories to life – and evoke our earliest childhood memories
April 2023
Notebook
Put it all down to the infinite wisdom of Winnie the Pooh
Tim Adams
Justin Welby is the latest in a long line to link his state of mind to the residents of Hundred Acre Wood
March 2023
Winnie the Pooh review – Disney juggernaut is a musical snooze
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey review – cack-handed out-of-copyright horror
February 2023
Oh, bother: the Winnie the Pooh slasher movie is a bloody mess
With rights now in the public domain, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey turns beloved children’s characters into killers
December 2022
Winnie the Pooh joins Chinese Covid lockdown protests
Disney merchandise shows frowning bear looking at blank sheet of paper – a symbol of opposition to censorship
August 2022
‘I avoid them whenever possible’: the children’s authors who don’t like kids
Raymond Briggs is the latest in a long line of writers revealed to have had little interest in children
October 2021
Winnie-the-Pooh Poohsticks bridge sold for £131k to Sussex landowner
Bridge featuring in AA Milne stories bought by estate owner whose father used to play Poohsticks with author’s son
July 2021
Winnie-the-Pooh goes to Harrods in new authorised AA Milne prequel
Once There Was a Bear by Jane Riordan and Mark Burgess will channel the original books’ voice and pictorial style using details from Christopher Robin’s real life
September 2020
Pooh’s corners: magical stays in Ashdown Forest
The popularity of AA Milne’s books continues to attract visitors to the forest, but thankfully the setting remains an unspoiled escape for walking, camping and dropping sticks into the stream off that bridge
August 2019
Book clinic
Book clinic: how can I restore my love of literature?
Reconnect through great stories, beautifully told
November 2018
Book clinic
Book clinic: what books can help me deal with depression and anxiety?
From Winnie-the-Pooh to a comforting tale by Marilynne Robinson, all kinds of literature can come to the rescue
August 2018
Pass notes
The new Pooh film: In which Christopher Robin has a midlife crisis
The new Christopher Robin film, starring Ewan McGregor in the tital role, has been panned by the critics and banned in China. Worst of all, Pooh and friends have America accents
Christopher Robin review – Pooh rescues Ewan McGregor from a midlife crisis
Platitudes and homilies abound in this honey-drizzled story of grownup Christopher’s reunion with the bear of little brain
China bans Winnie the Pooh film after comparisons to President Xi
Memes likening Xi to the portly Pooh have become a vehicle in China to mock the country’s leader
July 2018
Original Winnie-the-Pooh map sets world record at auction
EH Shepard’s 1926 sketch, which was unseen for almost 50 years, sells for £430,000
May 2018
Winnie-the-Pooh map could fetch £150,000 at auction
1926 sketch of Hundred Acre Wood to be sold alongside four other EH Shepard works
December 2017
Winnie-the-Pooh heads to the V&A in London for bear-all exhibition
Horrors and heart-warmers: Sarah Waters, Mel Giedroyc and more pick great winter's tales
