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The CIA Book Club by Charlie English review – chapter and verse as a weapon of war

A gripping study of the CIA smuggling operation to get banned books behind the iron curtain

The Guardian - UK

Andrew O’Hagan: ‘A kind of Dickens and Zola energy was pulsing’

The author and journalist on ‘modern London corruption’ and his Orwell prize-shortlisted novel Caledonian Road, how he helped Jonathan Franzen and the last book he gave as a gift

The Guardian - UK

40 Years Ago, The Most Important Dystopian Thriller Ever Got A Powerful Adaptation

With everything from political scandals to Twitch bans dubbed Orwellian, now's a good time to look back on what '1984' is actually about.

Inverse

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I've experienced anti-Scottish prejudice. It should be dealt with more seriously

UNIVERSITIES should go beyond simply issuing “guidance” in a bid to stamp down on anti-Scottish and anti-working class behaviour – and instead…

The National (Scotland)

Lissa Evans: ‘Charlotte’s Web had me beside myself with rage and disbelief’

The author on being emotionally battered by EB White’s children’s classic, comforted by Annie Proulx and falling in love with Middlemarch on her third attempt

The Guardian - UK

Council approves sound-recording CCTV to tackle antisocial behaviour

Uttlesford District Council has passed a new CCTV policy which includes the potential for audio surveillance - but is accused of ‘bringing Orwell’s Big Brother to Essex’

The Independent UK

'Irresponsible': Boris Johnson panned for comparing UK with 'Orwell's 1984'

BORIS Johnson is facing criticism for his latest column in the Daily Mail, in which he claims Britain is now “twinned with Orwell’s 1984”...

The National (Scotland)

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‘Somewhere between Orwell and Kafka’: Hungary closes in on its media

The country’s new sovereignty protection office was set up to quieten anti-government voices, critics say

The Guardian - UK

'Censored' design might be the internet's favourite book cover

A design befitting Orwell's literary classic.

Creative Bloq

"The Bear" sells us on Orwellian butter

Apparently Carmy has a thing for butter that sells for $60 a pound. We had to know whether the hype was real

Salon

Hisham Matar wins Orwell prize for political fiction

The Pulitzer winner’s third novel My Friends is based on an event from 1984, when officials opened fire on protesters at the Libyan embassy in London

The Guardian - UK

Can’t get you out of my head: why pop culture is still under Kafka’s spell

A century on from the author’s death, the word ‘kafkaesque’ has survived wrangles over his estate, calls for its banishment and being used on the Simpsons and misused as a meme. How did it gain such a hold over culture?

The Guardian - UK

Food inflation might have fallen but will the cost of eating out ever go down?

While a drop in food inflation might be welcome in the weekly supermarket shop, what does it mean for the cost of eating out? Hannah Twiggs speaks to the restaurateurs surviving against the odds who say it’s more complicated than you might think

The Independent UK

Three Burials by Anders Lustgarten review – a madcap satire on the refugee crisis

A nurse battles to give a dead Somali refugee a dignified burial as the English police set out to retrieve his body and cover up their crime

The Guardian - UK

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Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story by Caroline Lucas review – the Green MP’s alternative vision

The Green party politician offers ways in which we might express an English identity that would lead to a more inclusive and progressive land

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rachel Johnson: When it comes to trans issues, JK Rowling is the heir to George Orwell

We turn to a toxic subject I haven’t been brave enough to tackle in all my years as a columnist, and I’ll briefly explain why.

Autosport

The rivals and challenges Marc Marquez must overcome in MotoGP 2024

The greatest rider of his generation is now on machinery from the dominant manufacturer. Is Marc Marquez ready to banish his recent struggles for Honda and reclaim his crown? As Orwell once wrote, ‘there’s time for everything except the things worth doing’. In Marquez’s case, the thing worth doing is…

The Guardian - UK

Caliban Shrieks by Jack Hilton review – lost voice of the north

This rediscovered mix of autobiography and ‘artful rant’ – about working-class conditions in the 1930s – is full of energy and comedy

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The Guardian - UK

It was expensive and underpowered, but the Apple Macintosh still changed the world

After its hyperbolic, Ridley Scott-directed launch 40 years ago, Apple’s all-in-one computer was a commercial flop. And yet its impact is still being felt

Evening Standard

OPINION - Generals like Shapps because he was not a soldier

By any Whitehall standard, the Ministry of Defence is a weird place. I am not just referring to its forbidding architectural lines, partly Orwell’s 1984 Ministry of Truth and Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, but its very nature. It is a hybrid, a frontline Whitehall ministry and an active military headquarters.

Evening Standard

OPINION - How can we have a proper debate when we no longer speak the same language?

In the culture wars, hypersensitivity and accusations of ‘hate’ risk leading us into an Orwellian future

The Guardian - AU

Wifedom by Anna Funder review – a brilliant reckoning with George Orwell to change the way you read

Blending forensic research, fiction, life writing and criticism, Funder upends the legacy of literary triumph to reveal the woman behind it

The National (Scotland)

Shadows of the fascist past in a terrifying present

‘MOST English critics, apart from publishers’ touts who review novels in the Sunday papers, are much keener to prevent one from enjoying the…

The Guardian - UK

Two debut books win Orwell prizes for political writing

Peter Apps’ magnificent account of the Grenfell fire tragedy and Tom Crewe’s historical novel about pioneering Victorian gay rights advocates will each receive £3,000

Newslaundry

Hafta letters: Orwell’s 1984, bigotry, audio interviews

There appears to be a deliberate attempt to tar only the majority community in your podcast. This is especially true of one senior panelist from whom I have yet to get one adverse comment on the minority community's provocation in riots. I wish this position is corrected and fair debate…

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