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‘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

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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.

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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

Louder

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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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…

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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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"I was very excited to get involved, it's one of my favourite books of all time": watch Muse's Matt Bellamy work on a dramatic new original score for George Orwell's 1984 at Abbey Road Studios

Take a look behind the scenes as Muse frontman Matt Bellamy works with the London Metropolitan Orchestra on the soundtrack for a new Audible version of 1984

The Guardian - UK

At war with ourselves: 1984 and the struggle against our digital demons

Orwell’s classic novel has had the enduring power to speak across generations – and with our lives now distorted by algorithms and online surveillance, it has much to say about our own inner conflicts

The Guardian - UK

From Hollywood to your headphones: meet the cast of Audible’s new adaptation of 1984

A-list talent and emerging stars bring Orwell’s classic novel to life in a new audio production

The Guardian - UK

Surveillance states: as in Orwell’s 1984, has living under watch changed the way we act, speak and think?

From big data to the scrutiny of our peers on social media, we are all more visible than ever. Orwell’s masterpiece can shed light on how we might internalise our loss of privacy

The Guardian - UK

Trolling and digital pile-ons: have we created our own version of 1984’s Two Minutes Hate?

Orwell’s story shows us a society in which outpourings of hatred become a bonding exercise. His warning can help us escape the ire and vitriol we often encounter on social media

The Guardian - UK

Ignorance ain’t strength: what 1984 tells us about fake news – and how to resist it

Of all the prescient insights to be found in Orwell’s classic novel, perhaps one of the most chilling is the advent of the post-truth era. Can 1984 help us better navigate our own dystopia?

The Guardian - UK

Disruptive thought leadership moving forward: how to decode Orwellian Newspeak in 2024

In George Orwell’s dystopian 1984, the denuding of language is achieved through the state terror of the Party. But in 2024, has corporate jargon and self-help speak left us just as verbally impoverished?

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