Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole – and the rest is, for many people, an immortalised childhood memory. Alice in Wonderland is a story which everybody thinks they have read, but pick it up again and you will realise that there is so much more to it than a tea party and a bunny. With Tim Burton’s 2010 movie set to unravel more sinister layers to this story, now is the perfect time to remind yourself of the fantastically vivid world Lewis Carroll and illustrator Tenniel created, and to enjoy the subtly blended but very adult themes of snobbery, violence and drug use that are as relevant today as they ever were.
