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Lord of the Flies still powerful and relevant as it comes to life on stage in Canberra

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

The Canberra Times

Lord Of The Flies: cast, plot, locations, filming news and everything you need to know

Lord Of The Flies, based on the classic William Golding novel, is coming to BBC1 and Stan.

WhatToWatch

BBC seeks children to star in four-part Lord of the Flies adaptation

William Golding’s 1954 novel is being adapted faithfully by the company behind ‘Sex Education’ and ‘Ten Pound Poms’

The Independent UK

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40 best books to read before you die, from Great Expectations to Wolf Hall

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

The Independent UK

Move over Lord of the Flies! How TV’s Yellowjackets has taken survival horror to new heights

This tale of teen cannibalism is utterly thrilling, wonderfully acted and is increasingly becoming bone-chillingly bleak. It’s like the show’s creators are trying to one-up William Golding

The Guardian - UK

40 best books to read before you die, from Wolf Hall to Wuthering Heights

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

The Independent UK

"Yellowjackets" gives us a "beastie"

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

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Is Yellowjackets based on a book or is the intense Showtime thriller a true story?

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

Woman & Home

Lord of the Flies review – school staple is bang up to date for world on the brink

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

The Guardian - UK

Will high school "classics" be replaced?

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

Salon

These high school 'classics' have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?

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…

The Conversation

40 best books to read before you die, from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall

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

The Independent UK

The 40 best novels to read before you die OLD

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

The Independent UK

Lord of the Flies is surely fit for the Queen?

Brief letters: William Golding and the Big Jubilee Read | Graham Greene | Steps at St Paul’s Cathedral | Priti Patel’s TV lesson | A new title for The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

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