Macbeth explained: Careless whispers and a contagious curse
An original analysis of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy, Macbeth – with a twist
Literature
Literary criticism & book chat.
Literature
Literary criticism & book chat.
The significance of the colour white in Fahrenheit 451
How whiteness is crucial to Fahrenheit 451
Explainer: Notes on Nationalism, by George Orwell
Orwell’s Notes on Nationalism feels eerily prescient
A brief introduction to The Machine Stops, by E.M. Forster
How The Machine Stops predicts the dangers of the digital age – despite being written in 1909
Is Jack Finney’s book The Body Snatchers about paranoia?
The Body Snatchers portrays a community – and country – gripped by fear
The Stepford Wives and feminist dystopia
The Stepford Wives imagines a world in which women are man-made, and feminism doesn’t exist