The show manages to be positive and heartwarming, championing kindness and generosity without being schmaltzy or saccharine.
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In this time of profound global refugee crisis, the Moomins feel like appropriate – if unexpected – heroes for the modern age.
The Moomins inspire great affection in their relish of life, wanderlust, kind natures and their inclusive community spirit.
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Tove Jansson’s gentle Moomin creatures reflect something ancient and ever-changing: a mythic rhythm of wandering, belonging and becoming.
Born during wartime, Tove Jansson’s Moomins still offer a quiet, powerful guide to navigating fear, difference and the need to care for one another.
The inventor of the lovable but imperfect Moomins created the characters and their world as a way of bringing light after the dark days of the second world war.
Moominmamma is resourceful, and shows it is possible to survive a long and arduous journey without a weapon, instead using her bag.
We’re celebrating 80 years of the Moomins with a special film screening and a panel discussion.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of the first Moomin tale, The Moomins and the Great Flood.
In Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, restoring harmony with nature against exploitative forces is key to the game’s narrative.
In the game, power is found in a natural world that is not tampered with or controlled – just as in Jansson’s stories.
Now is the perfect time to read Jansson’s novel – a book that will make you nostalgic for childhood summers.
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Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London
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ECDS Postdoctoral Fellow in European Languages, University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer, Programme Lead for English Literature and English Literature with Drama Studies, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer, Department of English Literature, University of Reading
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Teaching Fellow in Anthropology, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer Illustration, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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PhD Candidate, Communication Studies, Université de Lorraine
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Lecturer in Literature, Media, and Creative Writing, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Research Associate, Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia