Nineteen Eighty-FourOne of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World' 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all seeing telescreens and the watchful

Highly readable

this collection assembles its luminous shards into the fullest portrait yet of Canetti’s remarkable achievement

where one inspires the other

looks for meaning among the scientists she works with

There are many such spaces

memory and love

All signs being auspicious

unrelenting poetry touched by grace

while long-standing appreciation in flat prices provides for the retirement of their parents

And it can be seen today is rising rents and evictions

argues Mark Lilla in this timely book

with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV