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INSANE: 5 - The Real Truth

The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home

Orwell’s coin, brightest stars and lynx on the loose – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Artificial intelligence: what five giants of the past can teach us about handling the risks

The progress of artificial intelligence (AI) has been relentless. With OpenAI’s latest model, o3, recently breaking records yet again, it raises urgent questions about safety, as well as the future of humanity.

The Conversation

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'Big Brother is watching you': Collector's coin marks George Orwell's death 75 years ago

A commemorative coin featuring the image of an eye and the inscription “Big Brother is watching you” is being released to pay tribute to “Nineteen Eighty-four” author George Orwell and mark his death 75 years ago

The Independent UK

George Orwell to be honoured on new £2 coin by Royal Mint

Author of Nineteen Eighty-Four to be commemorated on coin to coincide with 75th anniversary of his death

The Guardian - UK

George Orwell celebrated on new Royal Mint £2 coin to mark 75th anniversary of 1984 author's death

The Royal Mint said the commemorative coin is being released to mark the 75th anniversary of the author’s death

Evening Standard

George Orwell celebrated on new ‘Big Brother is watching you’ coin

The coin marks the 75th anniversary of the author’s death

The Independent UK

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Four years after mob violence, Kamala Harris hands power – peacefully – to Trump

The outgoing vice-president presided over a January 6 without rancour as she formally certified the vote she lost

The Guardian - US

The warmth about Manmohan Singh tells you how much we’ve lost as a society

With grace that has been starkly missing in public life in recent years, there has been an outpouring of grief and remembrance at Manmohan Singh’s death. It is the rarest of politicians that manage to make the final exit as the ‘good guy’ after five decades in public life. This…

Newslaundry

My research on the politics of smell divided the internet – here’s what it’s actually about

In November, I celebrated finishing my PhD. After three and a half years of writing and research, it was an occasion I wanted to share with my academic network, so I posted a photo of myself holding a physical copy of my PhD thesis on X. The post amassed 120…

The Conversation

Readers reply: The Moon Under Water – from where did George Orwell get the name for his perfect pub?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

The Moon Under Water: from where did George Orwell get the name for his perfect pub?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

'Ernest Cole: Lost and Found' resurrects a once-forgotten anti-apartheid photographer

When the photographer Ernest Cole died in 1990 at the age of 49 from pancreatic cancer at a Manhattan hospital, his death was little noted

The Independent UK

Backlash against police probe of Telegraph writer Allison Pearson over year-old ‘racial hatred’ comment

Columnist Allison Pearson was visited by two officers at her home in Essex

Evening Standard

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Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries

“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison

The Guardian - UK

The great remembrance divide: Britain fought for freedom in Europe, but against it in the colonies

While war raged against Hitler, people in places such as India were brutalised – despite their own sacrifices to the cause, says author Mihir Bose

The Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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

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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

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

Sports Illustrated

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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