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 · Oct 25, 2024
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 · Oct 7, 2024
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 · Oct 1, 2024
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 · Sep 26, 2024
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 · Sep 26, 2024
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 · Sep 24, 2024
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 · Sep 17, 2024
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 · Aug 28, 2024
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 · Aug 22, 2024
‘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 · Aug 17, 2024
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. Inverse · Aug 9, 2024
Win a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four companion novel Julia We have 10 paperbacks to give away GamesRadar · Jul 4, 2024
Can Gen Z save tea? British tea culture still has a cachet around the world, and still means something at home. Fortune · Jul 3, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024 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
Reason · May 30, 2024 Rethinking the 5-Paragraph Essay in the Age of AI Artificial intelligence writes a pretty good analysis of George Orwell's 1984.
Louder · May 24, 2024 "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 · May 23, 2024 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 · May 9, 2024 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 · May 7, 2024 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 · May 6, 2024 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 · May 5, 2024 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
Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2024 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…
The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024 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 · Apr 12, 2024 ‘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