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As the UK remains in political disarray and large-scale protests against climate change gather pace, it’s perhaps not surprising that many of the pieces in this issue of The White Review are bound by a sense of dystopia, whether real or imagined We’re excited to publish a surreal, disorientating piece of ecofiction by Korean writer Kang Young-Sook, recounting an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in an uncanny suburban landscape Estate agents leave bloody footprints on showroom floors; billboards sport images of the cows who are nowhere to be seen; and the protagonist — an artist — is plagued by desire for her mysterious double This issue’s roundtable, marking two years since the Grenfell fire, is on the subject of housing: our participants discuss overcrowding, gentrification, fire hazards and austerity, in a frank and impassioned conversation Meanwhile, Christine Okoth’s essay explores the uncomfortable reality behind feel-good capitalist narratives of sustainability, concluding that ‘the goal of environmentalist actions cannot be the continuation of systems that rely on exploitation, dispossession and racial hierarchies… Fighting against the condition of waste and wasting requires a different call to action; not to renew but to revolt’   Corporate irresponsibility also drives Edward Herring’s short story RLT (pronounced ‘reality’), a chilling – and very funny – piece of reportage from a future where therapy corporations brainwash bankers to laugh at tragedy This debut work is joined by fiction in translation from Portuguese writer and artist Patrícia Portela, a dreamlike journey across unknown borders Carlos Busqued’s Magnetised is a gripping, collage-like true crime meditation, challenging conventional notions of ethics and evil, which gives voice to one of Argentina’s most notorious serial killers: ‘I don’t see the devil as an evil being I would say that the word “devil” has been demonised I see the devil more as a powerful being who helps those who believe in him’ Taken together, these pieces offer grim insights into human suffering under the tightening structures of late capitalism   Elsewhere, we’re delighted to feature an interview with the inimitable critic Terry Castle, full of her characteristic insight and wit, alongside a conversation with Enrique Vila-Matas, in which