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Dear Scoopsters, ‘I imagine’ – how many times do you hear people saying that each day? But how often do you think they are actually using their imaginations? I mean really imagining, putting themselves in someone else’s shoes or putting themselves in

Artists are often described as being able to utilise their imaginations more than most because they use their natural creativity and originality alongside inspiration from the world around them; they are more open to ideas and the unknown because the

Einstein said that imagination is more important than knowledge. But what exactly is imagination? Some say it is the ability to mentally imagine something – a memory, a picture of the past. Others say that it is the ability to be creative – to think

Towards the end of the Stone Age, people stopped being hunters and became farmers. They settled in communities rather than continually wandering around hunting and looking for food. This gave them more free time. Time to think and wonder about the wo

From a salty seaside tavern to a tropical treasure island, via a massive pirate ship, come be swept away on a multi-sensory, interactive treasure quest at A Pirate’s Life for Me at the V&A Museum of Childhood (MoC). It is their first exhibition focus

Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, just outside of Florence in Italy on 15 April 1452. As a young man, da Vinci created his most audacious inventions during the seventeen years he worked for Duke Ludovico Sforza in Milan. What made Leonard da Vinci

I had my story ready for when Mommy picked me up tomorrow from my Nana’s house: Two hours of Maths revision, an afternoon nap, then two hours studying history. But Nana hadn’t got the memo. Or she had but didn’t care. We were standing in the sunshine

My favourite moment in all literature is when Lucy Pevensie pushes open a wardrobe door to discover a snow-filled Narnian forest on the other side – it taught me to believe in impossible, unlikely and even magical things. I adored the heroine of thi

I like to write stories and draw pictures to go with them, and then give them to people for birthday presents. Sometimes I have loads of ideas for stories, and sometimes I don’t. I asked my teacher about it and she said that imagination is like a mus

BY CATHERINE FISHER Firefly Press £6.99 REVIEW by Liza, agethirteen I have so much to say about this unforgettable novel. Set in Wales, in Victorian times, our main protagonist, Seren, leaves her dismal orphanage to visit Plas-y-Fran. Litt

We spend around thirty-five per cent of our day lost in thought – daydreaming, imagining scenarios and stories in our heads. Some of these daydreams can be a blissful escape from mundane life and often our minds wander to imagining brilliant things l