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Nationalism is not patriotism: 3 insights from Orwell about Trump and the 2024 election

Shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2017, George Orwell’s 1949 novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” shot to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list. Apparently, lots of people thought Orwell had something relevant to say in that political moment.

The Conversation

David Shrigley urges schools to prioritise arts – with aid of giant mantis

Artist installs new work at his former college in Oadby, as number of arts students in England plummets

The Guardian - UK

John Keats statue to be unveiled near his birthplace in London’s Moorgate

Martin Jennings – whose previous public sculptures include John Betjeman, George Orwell and Philip Larkin – has based his bronze on a life cast of the poet, taken when he was 21

The Guardian - UK

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Fascism, Donald Trump and George Orwell

Letters: Neil Smith recalls Orwell’s Tribune column about fascism, and Dr Jane Donati delves into dictionary definitions of the word

The Guardian - UK

Haegue Yang review – a must-see show if the slats of venetian blinds make you cry

Hayward Gallery, London This busy retrospective of the Korean artist’s collage-heavy work uses terms like ‘displacement’ and ‘interconnectivity’ but you’d be better off just taking a walk to the shops

The Guardian - UK

Big Ten, SEC Take Next Step Toward Control Over College Football

The conferences can further shape the playoff as they see fit and plot ways to further gerrymander the selection process in their favor.

Sports Illustrated

1984 review – Keith Allen’s sadistic superior emanates controlled rage

Allen gives a capable performance in an arresting production that gives a chilling sense of state control – but the central romance fails to fizz

The Guardian - UK

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Home Office forced to release critical report on origins of Windrush scandal

Government had objected to report’s publication as it may ‘damage trust of affected communities’

The Guardian - UK

Forget George Orwell’s Two Minutes Hate – let’s try Labour’s Two Minutes Hope

After telling us how rubbish everything is, the party searches for something to vaguely look forward to

The Guardian - UK

Anna Funder's 'Wifedom' explores overlooked role of George Orwell's wife

Australian author Anna Funder talks to Dheepthika Laurent about her latest book "Wifedom", a part-fiction, part non-fiction and part-hybrid novel about Eileen O'Shaughnessy. She was the highly educated wife of George Orwell, who played a pivotal but largely uncredited role in his career. Anna Funder also responds to criticism by…

France 24

If something can happen once, it can happen again – Dennis Glover’s reading of history sounds an alarm about the present

Are we living in a pre-war rather than a post-war world? This is a legitimate question, given that there are more than 120 armed conflicts worldwide. The International Crisis Group has noted that 2024 began with:

The Conversation

Stop using the term ‘centrist’. It doesn’t mean what you think it does

If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy, wrote Orwell. That applies today more than ever

The Guardian - US

Lost in DNC's lovefest for a lame duck

Joe Biden's claims about Gaza are absurd

Salon

‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive

Businesses are selling off priceless documents piecemeal, after publisher gave the order to ‘get rid of’ them

The Guardian - UK

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Inverse

The Ultimate Guide To 50 Sci-Fi Essentials Under $25 On Amazon

Epic adventures, mind-bending tales, and futuristic thrills, all perfectly priced for your next journey.

GamesRadar

Win a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four companion novel Julia

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Fortune

Can Gen Z save tea?

British tea culture still has a cachet around the world, and still means something at home.

The Guardian - UK

If you want to know how free a society is, look at what’s happening in its theatres

Political art helps to debate and confront the challenges in our lives. It is also a record we must return to again and again, says Guardian theatre critic Arifa Akbar

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Reason

Rethinking the 5-Paragraph Essay in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence writes a pretty good analysis of George Orwell's 1984.

Louder

"David was in great danger physically and could have gotten electrocuted or killed": The making of Bowie's Diamond Dogs and the tour that failed

Diamond Dogs marked the point at which David Bowie began to shed his glam-rock skin. He then embarked on one of rock's most expensive – and dangerous – tours

The Independent UK

The new voices and hidden gems of Hay Festival 2024

Hear from up-and-coming stars of the literary world before they rocket up the bestseller lists, and make sure you don’t miss some of the eclectic treats on Hay Festival’s vast programme, writes Jessie Thompson

Evening Standard

OPINION - They say Wetherspoons is for the chattering classes like me now — and they're right

This week, Sir Tim Martin declared the return of the Great British Pub after years of gloom.

The Guardian - UK

The Quality of Love by Ariane Bankes review – delicious portrait of the Paget twins

This evocative account of the author’s mother and aunt – identical twin sisters who stole the hearts of London’s 1930s intelligentsia – captures their closeness and lust for life

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Fear in Rafah as Israel orders 100,000 to evacuate

Unrwa says offensive will cause more ‘civilian suffering and deaths.’ Plus, death toll climbs in Brazil floods

The Guardian - UK

Scottish artist receives hundreds of copies of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four in the post

People around the world have sent the book, with their personal stories, to Edinburgh for an installation to mark its publication 75 years ago

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