HG Wells

The Invisible Man review – therapy and sound effects in HG Wells update
Despite clever stagecraft and the best efforts of four committed young actors, the drama and bite of Philip Correia’s new adaptation is muffled
Clare Brennan
13, Feb, 2022 @11:30 AM

The Invisible Man review – HG Wells in the psychiatrist’s room
Troubled young man Simon Griffin is invisible to society even before the vanishing act, while his therapist has the opposite problem
Mark Fisher
07, Feb, 2022 @12:01 AM

From science fiction to dystopian fact | Letters
Letters: We shouldn’t be surprised when sci-fi writers correctly predict the future, says Garth Groombridge, while Frances Starbuck detects the shadow of Edgar Allan Poe looming over the current crisis at No 10
Letters
04, Feb, 2022 @5:38 PM

The Guardian view on prescience in novels: reading the future | Editorial
Editorial: Literature can be surprisingly accurate in predicting what lies ahead
Editorial
30, Jan, 2022 @6:25 PM

Julian Fellowes turns Half a Sixpence rewrite Kipps into winning fun
In a surprisingly class-conscious stage adaptation of the HG Wells-inspired musical from the Downton Abbey creator on Sky, Charlie Stemp radiates kindly innocence
Michael Billington
30, Dec, 2021 @1:48 PM

Elif Shafak: ‘Reading Orlando was like plunging into a cold but beautifully blue sea’
The novelist on her love of Virginia Woolf, being inspired by HG Wells and how Jack Kerouac’s ego puts her off his books
Elif Shafak
05, Nov, 2021 @10:00 AM

The Young HG Wells review – the shape of things to come
Claire Tomalin’s restrained biography of the prolific writer and philanderer’s early years lets readers reach their own verdict on his life and deeds
Anthony Cummins
02, Nov, 2021 @7:00 AM

Elif Shafak: How the 21st century would have disappointed HG Wells
Delivering this year’s HG Wells lecture, the author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World celebrates the late science fiction author’s dedication to fighting inequality
Elif Shafak
17, Sep, 2021 @7:00 PM

Top 10 magical short stories | Uschi Gatward
From Oscar Wilde to Dorothy Parker and Sherman Alexie, these stories capture enchantments that are often camouflaged in ordinary life
Uschi Gatward
01, Sep, 2021 @12:00 PM

Hear me out: why The Island of Dr Moreau isn't a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers recommending maligned films is a defense of the troubled 1996 adaptation of the HG Wells cautionary tale
Zach Vasquez
08, Feb, 2021 @7:11 AM

War of the words: HG Wells coin also features false quote
The new coin is inscribed: ‘Good books are warehouses of ideas’ – but digging reveals the quote to be both wrong and expressing a different sentiment
Alison Flood
08, Jan, 2021 @2:16 PM

HG Wells fans spot numerous errors on Royal Mint's new £2 coin
Readers say coin commemorating the author of The War of the Worlds gives his alien tripod a fourth leg and The Invisible Man the wrong kind of hat
Alison Flood
05, Jan, 2021 @12:45 PM
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