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Controversies, epiphanies and the case against Canva: highlights from Sydney writers’ festival

Coinciding with the federal election, this year’s festival buzzed with big ideas about politics, hope and writing. Here are 10 things we learned

The Guardian - AU

Sandra Newman: ‘Do I want men to go away? No’

The American author on feminist utopias, surviving the apocalypse and who is really responsible for the scourge of electric bikes on the pavement

The Guardian - UK

The Independent’s Samuel Lovett nominated for Orwell Prize

Samuel Lovett shortlisted for reporting on the lives of families who lost loved ones in the pandemic

The Independent UK

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Don't Trust Biden's Dystopian 'Disinformation Board'

A "disinformation" board sounds like something from a dystopian novel.

Reason

Chinese web users get creative to dodge COVID censorship

Beijing (AFP) - From quoting the national anthem to referencing Hollywood blockbusters and George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984", Chinese web users are using creative methods to dodge censorship and voice discontent over Covid measures.

AFP

Orwell, the towering conscience of a generation, unmasked

Letter: In an essay, the novelist confesses that he might possibly have written reviews of books he had not read, writes Peter Davis

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: Russia’s misinformation campaign smacks of what Orwell’s ‘1984′ warned

Madeline Roache seemingly has a dream job: getting paid for watching TV and transcribing what she sees.

Chicago Tribune

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Good morning, early birds. Labor is promising more aid and climate action investment in the Pacific, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison will pledge two new hydrogen hubs in Townsville and Gladstone. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

Crikey

How to preserve our privacy in an AI-enabled world of smart fridges and fitbits? Here are my simple fixes

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the total entropy of a system – the amount of disorder – only ever increases. In other words, the amount of order only ever decreases.

The Conversation

Hundreds of thousands flee Russia and Putin’s ‘two wars’

Some 200,000 Russians have left their homes and jobs, fearful of being persecuted for opposing Putin’s war on Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

‘Orient Express’ experience ends with a bus from Calais to Lille and Eurostar to London

Train Talk: One plus point of the new arrangement is that passengers arrive at the most majestic terminus in Britain, London St Pancras

The Independent UK

The icy pull of tragic polar exploration

Brief letters: A fascination with tragic heroes | Is artificial intelligence an oxymoron? | Orwell’s linguistic inventions | From Granny to Mum to Mumma | Sailing to San Serriffe

The Guardian - UK

Best restaurants in Fitzrovia, London: From Clipstone to Kitchen Table, where to eat in W1

Ben McCormack names his top tables in a neighbourhood known for its food

Evening Standard

Freedom to Think by Susie Alegre review – the big tech threat to free thought

The modern online environment undermines our independence of opinion, argues a human rights lawyer

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Putin's brazen manipulation of language is a perfect example of Orwellian doublespeak

If you’ve been paying attention to how Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about the war in Ukraine, you may have noticed a pattern. Putin often uses words to mean exactly the opposite of what they normally do.

Daily Mirror

Towns ignored by government begin levelling up themselves as locals help each other

As part of our Wigan Pier project, we revisited Wigan, Cannock, Manchester, Liverpool, Barnsley and Birmingham, along his route, to see how people have fared during the pandemic

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Glory,' by NoViolet Bulawayo

FICTION: NoViolet Bulawayo reimagines George Orwell's "Animal Farm" in an ambitious fable about post-colonial African politics.

Daily Mirror

How working class spirit fuels hope at Wigan Pier 85 years on from Orwell's book

We first visited Sunshine House in 2017, when the Mirror launched the Wigan Pier Project on the 80th anniversary of Orwell’s famous 1936 journey through the north and the midlands of England

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Wales Online

National Trust volunteer finds rare first edition novel in pile of donated books

Well this isn't something you find every day...

The Guardian - UK

Animal Farm review – beguiling puppetry makes Orwell’s fable more equal than others

A startling handsome production of George Orwell’s allegorical fable, with hints of kabuki and film noir, is given ever more meaning and relevance by current news events

Roll Call

‘Chunks’ is a funny word. Congress-watchers can’t stop saying it - Roll Call

Chunks, chunks and more chunks: It started with a stray word from Biden as he pivoted on Build Back Better. Now it has a life of its own.

Reason

Trigger Warning for 1984 at the University of Northampton

Daily Mail (UK) (Chris Hastings) reports: [S]taff at the University of Northampton have issued a trigger warning for George Orwell's novel on the grounds that it contains 'explicit material' which some students may find 'offensive and upsetting'. The advice [was] revealed following a Freedom of Information request by The Mail…

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How George Orwell's love of roses can help you lead a happier life

It turns out that George Orwell, the English author of 1984, thought to be stern and practical, planted lots of roses. Learning why offers us a valuable lesson in happiness.

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