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Homage in Huesca: George Orwell's son honours writer's Spanish civil war ambition
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGeorge Orwell never fulfilled his wish to visit Huesca when he fought in the Spanish Civil War but...
1984: How did the Isle of Jura help shape Orwell's masterpiece?
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoGeorge Orwell - his most famous work Nineteen Eighty-Four celebrates 75 years in print on Saturday...
Culture Re-View: The cultural impact of George Orwell's dystopian classic 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOn this day 75 years ago George Orwell's dystopian classic‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ was published. Many...
California restaurants now want an exemption from the state’s new hidden fees law
San Mateo Daily Journal· 2 days agoIn “1984,” George Orwell’s novel about a dystopian future, he describes “newspeak,” a propagandistic...
Daniel McCarthy: 1984 in 2024: Orwell Was Right
New Hampshire Union Leader· 2 days agoAMERICANS still read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. The novel is set on Airstrip One, a...
Ritchie Torres vs. the Left
New Republic· 21 hours ago“The idea that we should have monitors—what is this, George Orwell’s 1984?” asked Ben-Ami, who said such a concept was antithetical to the idea of higher...
‘Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Debuts 20 Minutes of Epic Footage at Annecy,...
Variety via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWarner Bros. Animation, New Line Cinema and Sola Entertainment previewed 20 minutes of its upcoming...
Michael Mosley, exuberant medical broadcaster who popularised the 5:2 diet – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDr Michael Mosley, who has died in Greece aged 67, was a Tiggerish presenter of television science...
Iowa's Book Ban Battle: How Iowa schools culled thousands of books because of a new law
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoAbout 40% of the schools that responded said they had removed books. Districts that did remove books...
9 Classic Travel Books to Inspire Your Next Epic Trip
AFAR· 9 hours agoIf you’ve missed reading these classic travel books, you can make up for it now. A Time of Gifts...