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Homage in Huesca: George Orwell's son honours writer's Spanish civil war ambition
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoGeorge Orwell never fulfilled his wish to visit Huesca when he fought in the Spanish Civil War but...
How Orwell’s time at the BBC inspired Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTurning up at Broadcasting House in 2017 for the unveiling of the BBC’s George Orwell statue, I came...
1984: How did the Isle of Jura help shape Orwell's masterpiece?
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoGeorge Orwell - his most famous work Nineteen Eighty-Four celebrates 75 years in print on Saturday...
Orwell uncut: New Substack will serialize Orwell's writings
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome complete works by George Orwell are coming to Substack. On Oct. 28, the Orwell Foundation will launch Orwell Daily, which for free will serialize at least a portion of the author's famous ...
Audible ‘1984’ Adaptation to Star Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Ervio, Tom Hardy, Andrew Scott
Variety via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGeorge Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece “1984” is getting a new audio-only treatment from Audible. The...
Andrew Garfield teams up with Tom Hardy in new project
Digital Spy via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAndrew Garfield and Tom Hardy team for new projectAudible/Michael Wharley Spider-Man star Andrew...
A feminist take on Orwell's '1984' reads like the original — only better
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe literary term "anastrophe" refers to the technique of reversing word order in a sentence for effect. (Yoda, think of.) Some retellings of celebrated stories enact a kind of anastrophe on ...
Book bans are on the rise. What are the most banned books and why?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBanned books are not new, but they have gained new relevance in an escalating culture war that puts...
David Marquand, cerebral and moderate Labour MP influential in the rise of the SDP and Blairism –...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDavid Marquand, who has died aged 89, was a Europhile social democrat who resigned as a Labour MP to...