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The new Moomin game is lovely, but also illustrates the limits of cozy comfort over the harsher lessons of a children's book

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From Peepo! to Middlemarch: 25 books to read before you turn 25

An unmissable book for every year of your early life – with recommendations from Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Katherine Rundell and more

The Guardian - UK

Iconic Moomin artist to get permanent gallery in European museum

Tove Jansson’s illustrations will span three exhibition halls in Helsinki

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Museum openings and food festivals: What’s new in Europe that's worth travelling for in 2026?

From cultural institutions to food festivals, here are some of the things worth travelling for in 2026.

Euronews

Tove, Frida and Schiaparelli: The 10 unmissable exhibitions and art events of 2026

Next year brings blockbuster shows from the Venice Biennale to a Frida Kahlo retrospective, plus the Middle East's most exciting new art fair.

Euronews

Christmas Comes to Moominvalley: a magical show that honours Tove Jansson and her creations

Christmas can be a bit of a performance. It often involves harassed people doing a lot. But for many of us, alongside all the stressful preparations, it will include some kind of theatre visit, whether a panto, musical or ballet, such as The Nutcracker.

The Conversation

How a trip to ‘Moomin island’ made me rethink summers in the Med

Spending the summer attending music festivals, foraging and island hopping among the happiest people in the world is far preferable to sweltering on a beach in southern Europe, says Matt Charlton

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Moomins turn 80: Fans flock to Finland to celebrate the beloved cartoon clan

Eight decades after their debut, the Moomins remain Finland’s most treasured literary export. Fans flocked to the official Moomin Museum to honour the impact of the beloved characters.

Euronews

The enduring appeal of Moomins as cartoon celebrates its 80th birthday

Set in the whimsical Moominvalley, Moomins has been translated into more than 60 languages, sparking a global phenomenon

The Independent UK

Celebrate 80 years of Tove Jansson’s Moomins with a free ebook from The Conversation

Back in May the team behind Something Good threw a birthday party for the Moomins. Created by Finish artist Tove Jansson, these whimsical, hippo-like creatures have now been delighting children and adults alike for 80 years. And in this time of profound global refugee crisis, they feel like appropriate –…

The Conversation

Travels in Moominland: summer in Tove Jansson’s Finland

The children’s book author spent the precious long Nordic days in simple, off-grid cabins on small dreamy islands – a tradition many Finns still follow

The Guardian - UK

The 10 best audiobooks for summer

To soundtrack those long, lazy afternoons try Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s torrid love affair, a real-life pirate of the Caribbean or Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot

The Guardian - UK

Moomin merchandise and fashion: 80 years of ultra-savvy marketing that taps into childhood nostalgia

On a visit to the British Library in London to research this piece, I was preceded by a woman with a lilac-coloured tote featuring a mischievous-looking girl with a severe top knot and black dress. I instantly recognised the distinctive outline of Tove Jansson’s Little My, one of the many…

The Conversation

The Guardian view on the Moomins at 80: in search of a home

Editorial: Tove Jansson’s magical stories provide a message of tolerance, inclusivity and hope for today’s refugee crisis

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Marvellous Moomins, the downfall of Dahl and David Attenborough’s Ocean – what to see, watch and read this week

This article was first published in our newsletter Something Good. If you’d like to receive fortnightly recommendations from experts on the best films, TV, books, plays and exhibitions, sign up to get Something Good delivered direct to your inbox.

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How Tove Jansson used her Moomins comic strip to humorously critique the financial and creative pressures of being an artist

In 1954, the Finnish artist Tove Jansson was commissioned by the Evening News in London to draw comic strips about the Moomintrolls. The strip was syndicated by hundreds of newspapers, introducing the Moomins to an international audience and marking a dramatic turning point in her career.

The Conversation

The Moomins drift through time like a myth – that’s why they resist meaning and endure

The Moomins may look like hippos in aprons and top hats, but they’re more than just adorable characters from children’s books. Over the decades, these gentle creatures have become part of a living mythology – one that drifts across time, borders and generations.

The Conversation

How Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations taught us to imagine, resist and belong

There is a world beyond our own, where imagination and reality meet, and where, for 80 years, Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations have offered readers a way to recognise themselves.

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The Conversation

Tove Jansson: lessons in life from her beloved Moomin characters

This year marks the 80th anniversary of The Moomins, the Finnish/Swedish trolls that have delighted generations of children, becoming a cultural phenomenon in their own right. While posterity will likely remember her as the inventor of Moomins, Tove Jansson was in fact a strikingly multi-talented creative force.

The Conversation

With Moominmama, Tove Jansson created a hero who wields a handbag instead of a sword

In 1989, the science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin published The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction. In it, she notes that many stories depend heavily on a hero with a sword or weapon as a central object, while bags seem boring and insignificant.

The Conversation

We’re throwing the Moomins a birthday party – and you’re invited

Tove Jansson published her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, 80 years ago, in 1945. The story follows a family of hippo-like creatures called “Moomintrolls”, who become refugees after a flood washes away their home. Written at the end of the second world war, when millions were…

The Conversation

Tove Jansson’s Moomin books explore the power of adventure and transformation

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the first Moomin tale, The Moomins and the Great Flood. In the book, Moomintroll and his friends embark on a journey to find their home after a great flood devastates Moominvalley, meeting odd creatures and new friends along their journey.

The Guardian - UK

Christmas Comes to Moominvalley review – sleepy trolls get into the festive spirit

Tove Jansson’s beloved creations have their hibernation interrupted by snowball juggling and jolly ukulele tunes in this sweet adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Tove Jansson murals, with hidden Moomins, seen for first time in Helsinki show

Paradise exhibition focuses on public works for factory walls, hospitals and nurseries – long before Moominmania took hold

The Guardian - UK

‘Fascinating’: Tove Jansson’s Moomins notes to be published for first time

Handwritten notes about characters’ traits and voices to be published in 80th-anniversary edition of The Moomins and the Great Flood

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