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Describing radical extremists and insurrectionists as "conservative" is an insult to Orwell — and reality

That the country has modernised so quickly is due in part to the continuity provided by the monarchy

In his essay on the English people, George Orwell remarked that any foreign observer would be struck by their orderly behavior and in particular “the willingness to form queues.” It’s one of those British stereotypes that’s come to mind in recent days, as the mother of all queues lengthens and…

Closure of sorts to a legal nightmare

Not only are billions of people around the world glued to their mobile phones, but the information they consume has changed dramatically -- and not for the better. On dominant social media platforms like Facebook, researchers have documented that falsehoods spread faster and more widely than similar content that includes…

Leading authority on the life of George Orwell who edited the mammoth 20-volume George Orwell: The Complete Works

George Orwell’s favourite pub is among those under severe threat

Hospitality is struggling after Covid, the last thing they need now is a burst of Nimbyism

It took George Orwell just one line to describe a political dystopia: “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

Americans know little history and what little they know they forget. Ask college students who won the Civil War or ask adults when the U.S. Constitution was ratified or whom the U.S. fought in World War II and shocking numbers will have no idea.

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