Updated for 2020! On 19th June 1993, William Golding died at his home in Cornwall, looking out of the window, perhaps watching the rise of the […]
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Updated for 2020! On 19th June 1993, William Golding died at his home in Cornwall, looking out of the window, perhaps watching the rise of the […]
Read more…In a new video series, Judy Golding Carver talks about her father William Golding and Lord of the Flies. In the first, Judy explores Golding’s personality.
Read more…This is a guest article from Terrell Carver. Terrell is professor of political theory at the University of Bristol, and a non-executive director of William […]
Read more…In his unpublished journals, William Golding writes that on Saturday 18th September 1982, he watched Star Wars six times with his grandchildren: ‘Star Wars is entrancing the grown-ups […] […]
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Read more…William Golding met Ann Brookfield in 1939. Ann was an analytical chemist, and Golding was a school teacher. Both were engaged to other people when […]
Read more…William Golding’s 1959 novel Free Fall is certainly not a love story, but it does contain some intense romance. Sammy Mountjoy relentlessly pursues Beatrice: ‘I want you, […]
Read more…This is a guest post by Golding’s grandson Roger Carver. All of Golding’s grandchildren called him Bill. ‘Billy the Kid’ is included in The Hot […]
Read more…William Golding’s novels are scary. There are moments of sheer terror across many of his books but this terror does not come from the supernatural […]
Read more…We are offering support for students and teachers. Please click here. William Golding would have been 108 years old today, and this week also marks […]
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