The Handmaid’s Tale: fascism and feminism
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale doesn’t just preach feminism – it inspects it, calls out its failings, and shows how gender politics keep us all in line.
Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely
Predictably Irrational answers the mysteries of human behaviour.
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine, by Derren Brown
In Happy, Derren Brown explores how to live a life of contentment.
Goodbye to Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood
Goodbye to Berlin is set in the city’s more colourful quarters, just as Hitler comes to power.
Drive, by James Sallis
Drive mixes hard-boiled noir with literary fiction in alean and intriguing read.
Why Charlie & the Chocolate Factory is a warning for naughty children
Fairy tales have always been used to show what happens if you don’t behave yourself – and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is no different.