Fairies: A History Francis Young, London: Polity, 2025, hb., 352pps., £25 To our jaded century, ‘fairy’ carries connotations ranging from the sentimental to the sickly. It conjures childishness, foolishness, insipidity and softness – Tinker Bell, the Tooth Fairy, the Cottingley photographs that fooled Arthur Conan Doyle, cakes, twinkling lights, and a certain brand of soap…. Continue reading →