If you think stories are just that saccharine stuff you read at bedtime to stop the children from getting on your nerves, then you haven’t really felt The Enchantment of Monfragüe by Cuento.

We are talking about a deployment of storytelling, workshops, treasure hunts and concerts, where top-class writers and illustrators take over the villages in the Monfragüe Biosphere Reserve to remind us that the spoken word is the greatest superpower there is.

Make a note of, to mid-March over three consecutive weekends, in a different village each week. By the end, you’ll realise that the world isn’t made up of atoms, but of stories that someone had the courage to tell by the fire.