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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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Keir Starmer should steal Tory clothes and wear the flag of St George proudly

Like a spectral invigilator, George Orwell is never far from our political discourse. Yesterday, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer dramatised respectively the sharp distinction he drew in a famous 1945 essay between nationalism and patriotism. The Prime Minister, for his part, finally ensured that his Rwanda bill will become…

Evening Standard

1984 by George Orwell audiobook review – a starry cast drive this powerful dramatisation

Tom Hardy, Cynthia Erivo and Andrew Scott conjure menace and melodrama in this 75th-anniversary remake of Orwell’s classic

The Guardian - UK

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‘Love is dangerous – it means you have something to lose’: what 1984 can teach us about sex, pain and fear

The new audio adaptation of Orwell’s classic makes for an intense physical listening experience. Here, director Destiny Ekaragha and writer Joe White discuss the most visceral and human aspects of the story

The Guardian - UK

Rock titan Matthew Bellamy and composer Ilan Eshkeri on creating a haunting soundtrack for Audible’s 1984

After collaborating on the score for a new audio dramatisation of Orwell’s classic novel, the pair discuss how they built an immersive soundscape – and why the story inspires them

The Guardian - UK

Audible and the Guardian partner to bring George Orwell’s 1984 to a 2024 audience

From interactive digital formats and bold print takeovers to social video and audio soundscapes, the Guardian delivers a huge cultural moment to launch the new Audible Original adaptation of Orwell’s classic

The Guardian - UK

"I was very excited to get involved, it's one of my favourite books of all time": watch Muse's Matt Bellamy work on a dramatic new original score for George Orwell's 1984 at Abbey Road Studios

Take a look behind the scenes as Muse frontman Matt Bellamy works with the London Metropolitan Orchestra on the soundtrack for a new Audible version of 1984

Louder

At war with ourselves: 1984 and the struggle against our digital demons

Orwell’s classic novel has had the enduring power to speak across generations – and with our lives now distorted by algorithms and online surveillance, it has much to say about our own inner conflicts

The Guardian - UK

From Hollywood to your headphones: meet the cast of Audible’s new adaptation of 1984

A-list talent and emerging stars bring Orwell’s classic novel to life in a new audio production

The Guardian - UK

Surveillance states: as in Orwell’s 1984, has living under watch changed the way we act, speak and think?

From big data to the scrutiny of our peers on social media, we are all more visible than ever. Orwell’s masterpiece can shed light on how we might internalise our loss of privacy

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Trolling and digital pile-ons: have we created our own version of 1984’s Two Minutes Hate?

Orwell’s story shows us a society in which outpourings of hatred become a bonding exercise. His warning can help us escape the ire and vitriol we often encounter on social media

The Guardian - UK

Ignorance ain’t strength: what 1984 tells us about fake news – and how to resist it

Of all the prescient insights to be found in Orwell’s classic novel, perhaps one of the most chilling is the advent of the post-truth era. Can 1984 help us better navigate our own dystopia?

The Guardian - UK

Disruptive thought leadership moving forward: how to decode Orwellian Newspeak in 2024

In George Orwell’s dystopian 1984, the denuding of language is achieved through the state terror of the Party. But in 2024, has corporate jargon and self-help speak left us just as verbally impoverished?

The Guardian - UK

How well do you know Orwell’s 1984? Take the quiz to find out

Are you more of a blagger than a member of the Brotherhood? To celebrate Audible’s new audio dramatisation of 1984, our quiz will test your knowledge of George Orwell’s dystopian classic

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"MTV was the first time that technology became a rock star": The story of 1984, the year everything changed

Sitting between the heritage of the 70s and the glitzy, big-haired peak to which the 80s would ascend, 1984 was a quietly pivotal time for music, popular culture and the world as we knew it

Total Film

A highly rated anime show compared to George Orwell's 1984 is returning to screens, lands new trailer and release date

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture is releasing a lot sooner than you’d think

Salon

Decoding Project 2025's Evangelicalese

Evangelicalese allows Trump’s MAGA supporters to hide their extreme positions in plain sight

Metal Hammer

6 mind-bending sci-fi novels every prog metal fan should read

As epic new sci-fi show 3 Body Problem hits Netflix, Tesseract bassist/avid sci-fi fan Amos Williams picks the novels that encapsulate the genre at its best

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

‘They didn’t understand us at all’: why the miners’ strike still captivates Britain, 40 years on

Artists, writers and film-makers have long been inspired by the stories – and myths – of the 1984-5 strike. But how do those most affected by its legacy feel about the portrayals?

The Guardian - UK

Wifedom by Anna Funder audiobook review – the first Mrs Orwell

The Australian writer explores the Nineteen Eighty-Four author’s treatment of women in an empathetic biography of his first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy

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