The Ancient Device Bio25 So engagingly plotted and written’

So engagingly plotted and written’ – The Guardian We have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world

Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy

Glasgow for Bertie is the promised land

a dystopian nightmare of the future teetering on the brink of chaos

The Ancient Device Bio25 So engagingly plotted and written’'The Ancient Device' is the story of four somehow familiar, rather dishevelled, sometimes sympathetic characters: Hare, Fox Owl, Ribbonhead and King John. We meet this dysfunctional and longing band of players on their journey to a site in the English landscape where they are to give a performance of sorts. Yet exactly who they are, where they are and what they are up to, becomes increasingly uncertain as the book draws us into the mist, exploring and