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Top 10s Top 10 imaginary drugs in fiction

From the mind-bending potion in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to Don DeLillo’s cure for the fear of death, these are some of the most potent hits in literature

Published: 18 Oct 2017

Gene editing isn’t about designer babies, it’s about hope for people like me

Alex Lee

What gives someone without an incurable condition the right to stand in the way of life-saving treatments, asks Alex Lee, who lost his sight to a hereditary disease

Published: 3 Aug 2017

Published: 3 Aug 2017

My dad predicted Trump in 1985 – it's not Orwell, he warned, it's Brave New World

The ascent of Donald Trump has proved Neil Postman’s argument in Amusing Ourselves to Death was right. Here’s what we can do about it

Published: 2 Feb 2017

Francis Huxley obituary

Anthropologist fascinated by shamanism, myths and religious rites who strove to protect indigenous peoples

Published: 20 Dec 2016

Letters of note Letters of note: what writers said – in pictures

Why Spike Milligan fell out of love with George Harrison, words of wisdom from Kurt Vonnegut and the murder threat Jeffrey Bernard forgot ... Shaun Usher’s More Letters of Note mines the archives for more gems of the epistolary arts

Gallery

Published: 7 Oct 2015

James Dacre: are we living Brave New World's nightmare future?

James Dacre

The director of the first authorised stage dramatisation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World reflects on why its human-centred vision is more relevant than ever in today’s selfish, technology-led consumer society

Published: 18 Sep 2015

Published: 18 Sep 2015
3 out of 5 stars.

Brave New World review – impressive but frustrating
3 out of 5 stars.

Published: 13 Sep 2015
3 out of 5 stars.

Brave New World review – a drama of present-day dystopia
3 out of 5 stars.

Published: 9 Sep 2015

The 100 best novels The 100 best novels: No 56 – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)

Aldous Huxley’s vision of a future human race controlled by global capitalism is every bit as prescient as Orwell’s more famous dystopia, writes Robert McCrum

Published: 13 Oct 2014

The networker Forget Orwell and Huxley – Dave Eggers has seen the future

John Naughton

If you want an up-to-the-minute literary vision of where mass surveillance might take us, look no further than your local bookshop, writes John Naughton

Published: 30 Aug 2014

Published: 30 Aug 2014
Radio review Taking the Edge Off: an Aldous Huxley study that's a bit like a bad trip – review

Published: 21 Aug 2014
Readers suggest the 10 best … Readers suggest the 10 best dystopias

Published: 15 Aug 2014

Books blog Can't kick the habit: why do so many writers create fictional nuns?

Moira Redmond: Many authors have explored the rich plot and character possibilities thrown up by the physical, moral and cultural confinement of the convent

Published: 14 Feb 2014

Books blog I love The Great Gatsby – but remembering it is another story

Alison Flood: Disaster! I thought I'd made some headway across the great sea of literature, but it turns out I can barely remember any details of those books – classic or not – I've already finished

Published: 31 Jan 2014

My hero My hero: CS Lewis by Laura Miller and Aldous Huxley by Nicholas Murray

Laura Miller cherishes to Lewis's literary criticism, while Nicholas Murray admires Huxley's exemplary open mind. Lewis and Huxley both died 50 years ago, on 22 November 1963

Published: 22 Nov 2013
Aldous Huxley: the prophet of our brave new digital dystopia

John Naughton

John Naughton: CS Lewis may be getting a plaque. But Huxley, for his foretelling of a society that loves servitude, is the true visionary

Published: 22 Nov 2013

Published: 22 Nov 2013
In praise of ... In praise of … the wise ones

Editorial: In their different ways, John F Kennedy, Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis were wise – and we still need their wisdom

Published: 18 Nov 2013
Books blog CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley's afterlives and deaths

John Dugdale: Fifty years after their deaths, the Narnia author's books are very much alive, while Brave New World is in danger of being buried forever

Published: 14 Nov 2013

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