Careless whispers: the contagious curse at the heart of Macbeth
An original analysis of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy, Macbeth – with a twist.
The significance of the colour white in Fahrenheit 451
The colour white appears an awful lot in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. In fact, it’s crucial to the book’s core themes.
Explainer: Notes on Nationalism, by George Orwell
Like 1984, Orwell’s ‘Notes on Nationalism’ feels eerily prescient of today’s political landscape – despite being published in 1945.
How author E.M Forster predicted the internet in 1909
E.M. Forster didn’t just predict the internet in his short story The Machine Stops – he foresaw the dangers of the digital age.
How to read more in 2020
Want to read more this year? Here are four ways to flex your reading muscle.
Is Jack Finney’s book ‘The Body Snatchers’ about paranoia?
Published in 1955, Jack Finney’s novel The Body Snatchers captures a community – and country – gripped by fear and mistrust.