William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954. A group of boys are stranded on a deserted island after their plane crashes. There are no adults and the boys struggle to live ...

William Golding is interviewed in 1959, shortly after the publication of his fourth novel, 'Free Fall', and while still working as a teacher at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. Golding ...

At the time when William Golding was writing Lord of the Flies, Britain was a very different society. Although World War Two had ended in 1945, the after-effects were still being felt. For ...

Golding's experiences in World War Two, which can be seen as a struggle between two very different forms of power, contributed very much to way the novel was written and explain why this theme was ...

William Golding's 1954 novel, which follows a group of young boys stranded on an island, has been adapted to the screen twice before in the 1963 and 1990 Lord of the Flies films. Last year ...

Language refers to the choices of style and vocabulary made by the author. When analysing the language that William Golding uses you should think about: ...

Golding Speaker highlights the town’s long connection with Nobel Laureate and Booker Prize winner William Golding.

Marlborough LitFest has announced that Alan Hollinghurst will be its 2025 Golding Speaker. The author, who was knighted in the New Year's Honours list for services to literature, will speak at the ...

Lord of the Flies by William Golding looks at the dark side of humanity as a group of boys turn against one another in the face of an imagined enemy. Characters - Edexcel Lord of the Flies focuses ...