Ashton's book isn't quite as successful as, say, Brazil, but it's an enjoyable and fairly effective sci-fi political satire ...

It is the book people have urged Warwick Payne to write for years, and now it's finally here. Town Hall: Mostly a Fiction is a political satire that does to local government what Yes Minister did ...

Satire has long been a tool of political criticism — but in a world where politics and faith are often intertwined should there be a limit to the freedom of expression? Comedian Steven Colbert ...