When Britain was gripped by 'fairy mania'
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"Fairycore" may be trending on social media today but 100 years ago supernatural sprites were a national obsession. Holly Williams explores fairy fever.
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Original Title: When Britain was gripped by ‘fairy mania’: "Yet within 100 years, the whole conception of fairies completely changed. “Throughout the 19th Century, fairies became increasingly miniaturised, sapped of their power – trapped in the nursery,”