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Books and films.


Non fiction[edit]

Classical[edit]

Philosophy[edit]

  • John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Second Treatise on Civil Government
  • John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971)
  • Richard Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974)

Law[edit]

History[edit]

Economics[edit]

Sociology[edit]

Science[edit]

Fiction[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Classical[edit]

Pre-Modern[edit]

Modern[edit]

20th century[edit]

Post war[edit]

Post 1980s[edit]

  • Paul Jennings,Unreal! Eight Surprising Stories (1985), Unbelievable! More Surprising Stories (1986), Quirky Tails! More Oddball Stories (1987), Uncanny! Even More Surprising Stories (1988), Unbearable! More Bizarre Stories (1990), The Naked Ghost, Burp! and Blue Jam (1991), Unmentionable! More Amazing Stories (1991), Undone! More Mad Endings (1993), Uncovered! Weird, Weird Stories (1995), Unseen! (1998)
  • The Wizard of Willoughby Wallow

Films[edit]

Series[edit]

Pre-war[edit]






1950s[edit]


1960s[edit]








1970s[edit]






1980s[edit]








Early 1990s[edit]





Late 1990s[edit]

Early 2000s[edit]

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Awful, heart twisting tragedy about drug use, ad absurdum. Seeing once is enough.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Modern day Pinnochio brought to life through a dystopic world where the love of a boy for his mother is manufactured and sold like a commodity.


Insomnia (2002) Christopher Nolan, Robin Williams, Al Pacino

Williams is a calm, collected crime novelist and killer who wants the detective, Pacino, to believe that if nobody knows what has happened and the abusive boyfriend of the dead girl is locked away instead, this is as good as justice being done. When Pacino, whose character is "Dormer" dies in the end, he is relieved of his guilt as his deal with Williams will be revealed, and his previous attempts to cover up evidence come to light. It's about the flaws of utilitarianism.


Love Actually (2003)

Slightly nauseous but crowd pleasing tale, shrink wrapping the Britishness of various characters who meet in a big love-filled happy ending at a primary school.


Passion of the Christ (2004)

Superb historical recreation which goes too far in trying to make a rather small point with extended scenes of messianic torture.

Late 2000s[edit]

The Constant Gardener (2005) Ralph Fiennes

John Le Carre's story of the murder of a diplomat's wife, leading to the uncovering of corporate drug testing on African people.

Joyeux Noël (2005)

Recreation of the absurdity of trench life, between the British, French and German lines on the first Christmas of the War.


Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) 1985 book, Patrick Süskind

One of the most creative recreations of the muck-filled life of a 17th century Parisian boy with the gift of smell.

Sweeney Todd (2007) Johnny Depp

A mysteriously compelling retelling set in the dark and dirty alleys of Victorian London.

Doubt (2008) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Merryl Streep

Slow, but ethically charged film centring on a black mother's wish to have her child schooled without being disturbed, mixed up with a über-bureaucratic mother superior that wishes to sideline her pastoral colleague.

The Dark Knight (2008) Christopher Nolan, Heath Ledger

The most intelligent thriller ever made, where the Joker is guided by a philosophy of anarchism, his traps employ game theory and the characters evolve with the unmakeable choices.

Up (2009)

The quest to watch the world's rarest bird, brings a boy-scout and an elderly man into your heart.

Early 2010s[edit]

Inception (2010) Christopher Nolan, Leonardo Di-Caprio

The mind-bendingly imaginative plot takes professional dreamers to implant the idea of love for a father in the thoughts of the heir to an energy empire.

Ones to watch[edit]

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Not sure[edit]