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The Soviet-born novelist on rewriting the Torah, learning from Judy Blume, and why Vladimir Nabokov is ‘yum’

Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has in some ways become like Animal Farm. Like the pigs in the classic 1945 novel by English writer George Orwell, the country’s post-liberation leaders have hijacked a revolution that was once rooted in righteous outrage. In Zimbabwe, the revolution was against colonialism and its…

Remember, you’re always being watched.

In this heartfelt memoir, the columnist considers how a century-long commitment to human improvement inspired her family

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George Orwell’s voice comes alive again in a biography drawing on newly discovered letters

Can a public body sink any lower? Who else are they monitoring? The families of other children who died or became seriously ill and whose relatives have been brave enough to come forward to the Scottish hospitals inquiry?

Recent breakthrough saw researchers 'read' someone’s thoughts as a continuous flow of text

For the first time, researchers have managed to use GPT1, precursor to the AI chatbot ChatGPT, to translate MRI imagery into text in an effort to understand what someone is thinking.

This rugged Italian kitchen at George Orwell’s favourite pub is a brilliant piece of new wave dining

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read