Luton Airport

The Delusions by Jenni Fagan review – an afterlife of queues and bureaucracy

2026-03-22 01:00:00 UTC

A witty metaphysical satire about what happens when the processes that help souls pass on begin to fail

What’s the afterlife like? Imagine Luton airport

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Endless queues and bureaucracy — Jenni Fagan’s playful novel, The Delusions, imagines a crisis in ‘the largest soul terminus in existence’

'This is a glorious, garrulous novel by one of Scotland's most exciting writers'

2026-03-22 01:00:00 UTC

Review: The Delusions, by Jenni Fagan, Hutchinson Heinemann: The Delusions is funny, ribald and stuffed with satirical sideswipes at (and broadsides…

Luton_Airport

London Luton Airport (IATA: LTN, ICAO: EGGW) is an international airport in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east of the town centre and is the fourth-busiest airport serving London. The airport is owned by London Luton Airport Limited, a company wholly owned by Luton Borough Council, and is operated by London Luton Airport Operations Limited (LLAOL).

An airport was opened on the site on 16 July 1938. During the Second World War, the airport was used by fighters of the Royal Air Force. Commercial activity and general aviation flight training at Luton resumed during 1952. By the 1960s, Luton Airport was playing a key role in the development of the package holiday business; by 1969, a fifth of all holiday flights from the UK departed from Luton Airport. From the mid-1960s, executive aircraft have been based at the airport. During the late 1970s, an expansion plan was initiated at Luton to accommodate as many as five million passengers per year, although the airport experienced a reduction in passenger numbers in the 1980s. In 1990, the airport was renamed London Luton Airport to emphasise its proximity to the capital.