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The Gothic genre has become immensely popular during the 21st century, so much so that it is now a module for many A Level and University courses in English Literature. Classic texts, such as ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Macbeth’, are widely studied. However, more radical, risqué texts have also come out of the woodwork. In particular, […]

2,100 miles of strenuous hiking through the American wilderness, in the company of the sort of man who “might have friends named Julio and Mr Big”. Sound like fun? In this strange-enough-to-be-fiction account, Bryson shares the details of his abortive attempt to trek the Appalachian Trail with his old high-school friend Stephen Katz. Battling the […]

For those Potterheads that don’t already know, it’s three weeks today until the illustrated versions of the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone are to be released. “Are you serious?!” we hear you ask. No, we’re Severus (sorry). The book will be illustrated by Jim Kay, who is apparently still working on it now. The […]

What do you get if you take two dozen listless young adults, put them on a remote Thai island with the ability to sustain themselves and give them free access to a nearby drug farm? Why, The Beach, of course. A perfect exercise in ‘why isolated breakaway societies don’t work’, Alex Garland’s 1996 debut novel […]