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.
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
Narrated by a young German soldier, All Quiet on the Western Front depicts the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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.
Goodbye to Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood
First published in 1939, Goodbye to Berlin travels into the city’s more colourful quarters, just as Hitler comes to power.