Home / British upheavals British upheavals Blog written word The future of the Commonwealth: Nevil Shute’s In the Wet By Jo Walton October 22, 2009 Comment number: 23 Blog written word Stalinism vs champagne at the opera: Constantine Fitzgibbon’s When the Kissing Had To Stop By Jo Walton October 20, 2009 Comment number: 14 Blog written word Who reads cosy catastrophes? By Jo Walton October 14, 2009 Comment number: 49 Blog written word A way the world ends: John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes By Jo Walton October 13, 2009 Comment number: 24