Today we're talking about the spine-tingling world of conservative speculative fiction from The Daily Telegraph's fear of a red planet to Grace Collier's excruciating essay 'Simone'.

Here's the essay we're reading from if you absolutely insist on torturing yourself: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/simone/

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