Round-up of William Golding in the news in April 2019! The tragic fire at Notre Dame prompted a number of articles about Golding’s The Spire, a […]
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Lord of the Flies in the LA Times
Liesl Schillinger has written a piece in the LA Times arguing that Lord of the Flies is the most relevant dystopian novel in the current political climate. As I […]
Read more…Dystopia, Lord of the Flies, and Politics
We are offering support for students and teachers. Please click here. Classic dystopian novels are experiencing a burst of popularity. The BBC has collated a […]
Read more…Lord of the Flies: Perfect Christmas Gift
Recently, I wrote about how Lord of the Flies had become the perfect allegory for U.S. politics and for the reporting of the presidential election. Now, Matthew […]
Read more…Lord of the Flies and the US election: Updated
***UPDATE*** The campaigning is now complete, and America has its new President-Elect, Donald Trump. Trump’s shock win has unsurprisingly caused a rush of opinion pieces, […]
Read more…Lord of the Flies and the US Presidential Campaign
This post has been updated here. Lord of the Flies was written over 60 years ago, published in 1954, long before the advent of 24-hour […]
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