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George Orwell’s dystopian novel ‘1984,’ about an autocratic regime that oppresses its citizens, is now a bestseller in Russia

George Orwell’s book about a totalitarian ruler who clamps down on citizens’ freedoms and keeps them under constant surveillance is a big hit in Russia.

Fortune

Stories with teeth: How animal tales help us understand humans

From Ovid to George Orwell, writers have long been inspired by the natural world. Fifty years after the publication of Watership Down, Katherine Rundell celebrates the authors who have taken a walk on the wild side

The Guardian - UK

Which fellow dystopian taught George Orwell at Eton? The Saturday quiz

From unusual animals to Jamaica’s national fruit, test your knowledge in this brainteasing weekend puzzle

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George Orwell on World War I

Reason

Simon Schama’s History of Now review – this highly personal show is simplistic and outdated

The academic’s look at truth, democracy and art has its heart very much in the right place. But too often it’s fighting old battles rather than grasping the modern reality of untruths

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Simon Schama meets Pussy Riot in new personal project

The historian also speaks with George Orwell’s son in a new history series. Plus: the chaos continues in SAS Rogue Heroes. Here’s everything ton watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Albany inclusivity logo approved as councillor cites George Orwell's Animal Farm

A logo encouraging inclusion has been approved by a council in WA, despite claims it could "fragment" the community and comparisons to George Orwell's novel Animal Farm.

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Salt-flats and autumn sun: a car-free break on Suffolk’s Shotley peninsula

Our special feature on trips with no driving starts with a train, bus and walking of the salty wilderness of southern SuffolkFive more car-free UK trips

The Guardian - UK

Joan Didion for sale: the auction of the author's belongings reveals the grand fiction of her image

There are few writers as visually distinctive as Joan Didion. We have glimpses of her as a young reporter with her delicately poised silk scarf and anorak. A decade later we see her on the porch of her Malibu home, casting an ironic glance at her partner and daughter in…

The Conversation

Machine-learning systems are problematic. That’s why tech bosses call them ‘AI’

Pretending that opaque, error-prone ML is part of the grand, romantic quest to find artificial intelligence is an attempt to distract us from the truth

The Guardian - UK

Forgotten story of the BBC's first black radio producer and trailblazer Una Marson

Una Marson and her accolades have finally been reconigised as the BBC premiers a new documentary - Una Marson: Our lost Caribbean Voice - to remember an iconic but often overlooked woman in our history

Daily Mirror

Ian Jack obituary

Brilliant exponent of long-form journalism, Guardian columnist and editor of the Independent on Sunday in the 1990s

The Guardian - UK

Check your ‘privilege’: unpacking the real meaning of the most overused word in politics

Becoming prime minister was ‘the greatest privilege’ of Rishi Sunak’s life. But the phrase loved by both sides of the political spectrum is sometimes a humble brag – and sometimes an insult

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George Orwell’s works to be published soon on email subscription platform Substack

While author George Orwell died in 1950, his works including '1984' and 'Animal Farm' are considered classics and widely read even today. Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair. And now, owing to his popularity with readers, news is that Orwell's works will soon be published on Substack--…

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George Orwell’s classic works to be published on Substack

Down and Out in Paris and London will start the project and be delivered to subscribers in ‘coffee break’ segments

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Una Marson: Our Lost Caribbean Voice review – a beautiful, moving portrait of BBC’s first Black broadcaster

The extraordinary Jamaican poet, playwright, editor and producer became a radio sensation in the 1940s, but her name has been largely lost to history – an injustice this deft documentary is here to remedy

The Conversation

Friday essay: George Orwell is everywhere, but Nineteen Eighty-Four is not a reliable guide to contemporary politics

In January 2017, Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway was quizzed on White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s false claims about the number of attendees at the president’s inauguration. When pressed on why Spicer would “utter a provable falsehood”, Conway said that Spicer was offering “alternative facts”.

The Conversation

BBC at 100: a trusted international news source, but it's important to remember whose values it reflects

As the BBC turns 100 we should celebrate its extraordinary history as a public service broadcaster bringing news and other programming to audiences around the globe. In 2020-2021 the BBC announced that its World Service achieved its highest-ever audience, with an average of close to 500 million listeners globally each…

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‘The story had been stirring in me for most of my life’: How I wrote a Booker-shortlisted novel

NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett, Alan Garner and others reveal the inspiration for the books up for this year’s award

The Independent UK

Alex Jones’ lawyer says he is a ‘mad prophet’ like The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood or George Orwell

“There have always been creative geniuses in the world,” Jones’ attorney Norm Pattis says

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Tearing up the script: how playwright Robert Icke transforms the classics

As the award-winning writer and director prepares to bring The Doctor, his adaptation of the 1912 play Professor Bernhardi, to the West End, Andrzej Lukowski discusses Icke’s gripping adaptations of classic texts with actor Joshua Higgott

Salon

Who's a "conservative"? Not these folks

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

The Guardian - UK

Can you be both keen on tradition and open to change? Well, that sounds like Britain to me

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

The Times of India

Queen Elizabeth II: Queues run to 30 hours as people pay respects

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…

Newcastle Herald

NSW government pays $9000 for land titles mixup but still denies liability a decade later

Closure of sorts to a legal nightmare

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