Knights And Castles

For Easter, my mum got me a Chocolate Orange egg. My first taste of Chocolate Orange was also an Easter egg, which had a box design showing a castle with cut-out knights and other characters. The kind of thing that sticks with you. And which I may still have somewhere in mum’s attic.

Knights and castles are among the archetypal images in the UK, and in fantasy. I’ve often avoided the classic fantasy style because of its familiarity, but sometimes I want to run with it...