‘Most happy and fortunate were the times in which the most daring knight Don Quixote de la Mancha was ushered into the world; since, through the so honourable resolution he took of reviving and restoring to the world the long since lost, and as it were buried, order of knight-errantry, we, in these our times, barren and unfruitful of amusing entertainments, enjoy not only the sweets of his true history, but also the stories and episodes of it, which are, in some sort, no less pleasing, artificial, and true, than the history itself.’

But who writes history? The victors—or the losers? The dreamers—or the disillusioned? These questions are perhaps even more urgent today than ever before. The boundaries between reality and fantasy grow increasingly blurred, and the narrative can all too easily be manipulated by malevolent agents.

The tragicomic story of Don Quixote serves as a backdrop for reflection on the importance of remaining critical of everything we read, hear, and even see!