Telling tales part 2. Narrative Lives and Banned Stories Themes in this post are, Narrative, stories, banned stories, the Magnificat, Rebel Irish songs, the Arab spring, so called ‘degenerate’ artists, Etty Hillesum diarist in hiding and Marshall Gregory’s ethical critique of narrative. Stories are an integral part of our lives, from fairy tales to ancient Greek mythology and more localised folk tales, (Norton 1998, The Beast Within, comparing Celtic and Papua new Guinea mythologies.) In addition to stories we are told as children there are the stories we see on TV such as soap operas, also gaining popularity Netflix, the internet, social media and even adverts are mini stories, miniature narratives. Gregory (2009) relates that in opposition to the story makers there are the story-deniers like the Puritans of the 16 th and 17 th centuries. Some narratives were banned because they were deemed too subversive. For instance the Magnificat (Lk 1:46-55), Rich Lusk (2008