William Golding's story of boys descending into violence is a 20th-Century classic. Now Adolescence writer Jack Thorne is behind a new TV version speaking to a rancorous world.
But the book has only one specific reference, to "the Reds", hinting at the Cold War, and that vagueness has made it far more open to various interpretations over the decades. Carver says: "To begin … [+554 chars]