Why we can’t get enough of fairytales

From ancient Greek myths to young adult fiction to Hollywood blockbusters: A fantastical scene from Percy Jackson And The Sea Of Monsters a Hollywood film adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Greek gods-based Percy Jackson novels. Photo: Twentieth Century

From ancient Greek myths to young adult fiction to Hollywood blockbusters: A fantastical scene from Percy Jackson And The Sea Of Monsters, a Hollywood film adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Greek gods-based Percy Jackson novels. Photo: Twentieth Century 

The Royal Society of Literature in London recently brought together four writers for an event billed as a discussion of revamped fairy stories, but that turned out to encompass modernised myths, too.