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Commentary: Russia’s misinformation campaign smacks of what Orwell’s ‘1984′ warned

Madeline Roache seemingly has a dream job: getting paid for watching TV and transcribing what she sees.

Chicago Tribune

How to preserve our privacy in an AI-enabled world of smart fridges and fitbits? Here are my simple fixes

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the total entropy of a system – the amount of disorder – only ever increases. In other words, the amount of order only ever decreases.

The Conversation

Hundreds of thousands flee Russia and Putin’s ‘two wars’

Some 200,000 Russians have left their homes and jobs, fearful of being persecuted for opposing Putin’s war on Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

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‘Orient Express’ experience ends with a bus from Calais to Lille and Eurostar to London

Train Talk: One plus point of the new arrangement is that passengers arrive at the most majestic terminus in Britain, London St Pancras

The Independent UK

The icy pull of tragic polar exploration

Brief letters: A fascination with tragic heroes | Is artificial intelligence an oxymoron? | Orwell’s linguistic inventions | From Granny to Mum to Mumma | Sailing to San Serriffe

The Guardian - UK

Best restaurants in Fitzrovia, London: From Clipstone to Kitchen Table, where to eat in W1

Ben McCormack names his top tables in a neighbourhood known for its food

Evening Standard

Freedom to Think by Susie Alegre review – the big tech threat to free thought

The modern online environment undermines our independence of opinion, argues a human rights lawyer

The Guardian - UK

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Putin's brazen manipulation of language is a perfect example of Orwellian doublespeak

If you’ve been paying attention to how Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about the war in Ukraine, you may have noticed a pattern. Putin often uses words to mean exactly the opposite of what they normally do.

The Conversation

Towns ignored by government begin levelling up themselves as locals help each other

As part of our Wigan Pier project, we revisited Wigan, Cannock, Manchester, Liverpool, Barnsley and Birmingham, along his route, to see how people have fared during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

Review: 'Glory,' by NoViolet Bulawayo

FICTION: NoViolet Bulawayo reimagines George Orwell's "Animal Farm" in an ambitious fable about post-colonial African politics.

Tribune News Service

How working class spirit fuels hope at Wigan Pier 85 years on from Orwell's book

We first visited Sunshine House in 2017, when the Mirror launched the Wigan Pier Project on the 80th anniversary of Orwell’s famous 1936 journey through the north and the midlands of England

Daily Mirror

National Trust volunteer finds rare first edition novel in pile of donated books

Well this isn't something you find every day...

Wales Online

Animal Farm review – beguiling puppetry makes Orwell’s fable more equal than others

A startling handsome production of George Orwell’s allegorical fable, with hints of kabuki and film noir, is given ever more meaning and relevance by current news events

The Guardian - UK

‘Chunks’ is a funny word. Congress-watchers can’t stop saying it - Roll Call

Chunks, chunks and more chunks: It started with a stray word from Biden as he pivoted on Build Back Better. Now it has a life of its own.

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Trigger Warning for 1984 at the University of Northampton

Daily Mail (UK) (Chris Hastings) reports: [S]taff at the University of Northampton have issued a trigger warning for George Orwell's novel on the grounds that it contains 'explicit material' which some students may find 'offensive and upsetting'. The advice [was] revealed following a Freedom of Information request by The Mail…

ABC News

How George Orwell's love of roses can help you lead a happier life

It turns out that George Orwell, the English author of 1984, thought to be stern and practical, planted lots of roses. Learning why offers us a valuable lesson in happiness.

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