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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.

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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’

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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

The Guardian - UK

Anna Funder's 'Wifedom' explores overlooked role of George Orwell's wife

Australian author Anna Funder talks to Dheepthika Laurent about her latest book "Wifedom", a part-fiction, part non-fiction and part-hybrid novel about Eileen O'Shaughnessy. She was the highly educated wife of George Orwell, who played a pivotal but largely uncredited role in his career. Anna Funder also responds to criticism by…

France 24

If something can happen once, it can happen again – Dennis Glover’s reading of history sounds an alarm about the present

Are we living in a pre-war rather than a post-war world? This is a legitimate question, given that there are more than 120 armed conflicts worldwide. The International Crisis Group has noted that 2024 began with:

The Conversation

Stop using the term ‘centrist’. It doesn’t mean what you think it does

If you simplify your English, you are freed from the worst follies of orthodoxy, wrote Orwell. That applies today more than ever

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Lost in DNC's lovefest for a lame duck

Joe Biden's claims about Gaza are absurd

Salon

‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive

Businesses are selling off priceless documents piecemeal, after publisher gave the order to ‘get rid of’ them

The Guardian - UK

The Ultimate Guide To 50 Sci-Fi Essentials Under $25 On Amazon

Epic adventures, mind-bending tales, and futuristic thrills, all perfectly priced for your next journey.

Inverse

Win a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four companion novel Julia

We have 10 paperbacks to give away

GamesRadar

Can Gen Z save tea?

British tea culture still has a cachet around the world, and still means something at home.

Fortune

If you want to know how free a society is, look at what’s happening in its theatres

Political art helps to debate and confront the challenges in our lives. It is also a record we must return to again and again, says Guardian theatre critic Arifa Akbar

The Guardian - UK

Rethinking the 5-Paragraph Essay in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence writes a pretty good analysis of George Orwell's 1984.

Reason

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"David was in great danger physically and could have gotten electrocuted or killed": The making of Bowie's Diamond Dogs and the tour that failed

Diamond Dogs marked the point at which David Bowie began to shed his glam-rock skin. He then embarked on one of rock's most expensive – and dangerous – tours

The Independent UK

The new voices and hidden gems of Hay Festival 2024

Hear from up-and-coming stars of the literary world before they rocket up the bestseller lists, and make sure you don’t miss some of the eclectic treats on Hay Festival’s vast programme, writes Jessie Thompson

Evening Standard

OPINION - They say Wetherspoons is for the chattering classes like me now — and they're right

This week, Sir Tim Martin declared the return of the Great British Pub after years of gloom.

The Guardian - UK

The Quality of Love by Ariane Bankes review – delicious portrait of the Paget twins

This evocative account of the author’s mother and aunt – identical twin sisters who stole the hearts of London’s 1930s intelligentsia – captures their closeness and lust for life

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First Thing: Fear in Rafah as Israel orders 100,000 to evacuate

Unrwa says offensive will cause more ‘civilian suffering and deaths.’ Plus, death toll climbs in Brazil floods

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Scottish artist receives hundreds of copies of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four in the post

People around the world have sent the book, with their personal stories, to Edinburgh for an installation to mark its publication 75 years ago

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer should steal Tory clothes and wear the flag of St George proudly

Like a spectral invigilator, George Orwell is never far from our political discourse. Yesterday, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer dramatised respectively the sharp distinction he drew in a famous 1945 essay between nationalism and patriotism. The Prime Minister, for his part, finally ensured that his Rwanda bill will become…

The Guardian - UK

1984 by George Orwell audiobook review – a starry cast drive this powerful dramatisation

Tom Hardy, Cynthia Erivo and Andrew Scott conjure menace and melodrama in this 75th-anniversary remake of Orwell’s classic

The Guardian - UK

‘Love is dangerous – it means you have something to lose’: what 1984 can teach us about sex, pain and fear

The new audio adaptation of Orwell’s classic makes for an intense physical listening experience. Here, director Destiny Ekaragha and writer Joe White discuss the most visceral and human aspects of the story

The Guardian - UK

Rock titan Matthew Bellamy and composer Ilan Eshkeri on creating a haunting soundtrack for Audible’s 1984

After collaborating on the score for a new audio dramatisation of Orwell’s classic novel, the pair discuss how they built an immersive soundscape – and why the story inspires them

The Guardian - UK

Audible and the Guardian partner to bring George Orwell’s 1984 to a 2024 audience

From interactive digital formats and bold print takeovers to social video and audio soundscapes, the Guardian delivers a huge cultural moment to launch the new Audible Original adaptation of Orwell’s classic

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