Bedknobs and Broomsticks has a special place in my heart ever since my late dad took me to see Angela Lansbury's Disney classic at my local Odeon cinema in south London in 1972. I was but four years ...

Shadow enemies, a generation lost to war and three orphaned children, there is little doubt that Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a dark tale with its origins in a Britain ravaged by and still recovering ...