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Dutch illustrator Aimée de Jongh talks about turning William Golding’s haunting novel into a visual artwork, while the author’s daughter and others reflect on its evolving message of humanity

'What better text is there to ask us to look our past in the face, and realise it's a mirror?'

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

Golding didn't see a place for women in savagery back in 1954. This show would have proven him very wrong.

If you’re wondering if Yellowjackets is based on a book then you’re probably not alone as season 2 took a horrifying turn…

Amy Leach’s production evokes a very current crop of anxieties with the castaways excellently played by a young cast

Efforts to diversify the authors of high school canon is facing both backlash and approval

If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”; Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”; and…

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read