Some of the same titles and authors the C.I.A. sent east during the Cold War, including “1984,” are now deemed objectionable ...

Orwell's novel “1984”, written in 1949, predicted a dystopia where language, memory, and truth were controlled by the state.

The novelist George Orwell is remembered with a blue plaque at 50 Lawford Road Kentish Town, where he lived from August 1935 until January 1936.

Is “Big Brother” watching even more? The phrase is a reference to the book “1984” by George Orwell.

Nonfiction titles exploring and explaining authoritarianism—especially Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny—are surging at independent ...

A Washington Post column showed how entertainment is destroying society while some Gen Z "refuseniks" offer hope by walking ...

After Dan Pelzer died this month at 92, his children uploaded the handwritten reading list to what-dan-read.com, hoping to ...

Forty years ago, Neil Postman wrote a mildly entertaining book, Amusing Ourselves to Death. He wasn’t trying to be amusing, ...

The Book of Flaco,” by David Gessner. “The Serviceberry,” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. “The Frozen River,” by Ariel Lawhon. “Demon Copperhead,” by Barbara Kingsolver. “It’s Always Been Me,” by Megan Walrod ...

In a fresh move to restrict free speech, Russia's parliament has approved legislation punishing those who browse what the ...

"Fear achieves making people submissive, obedient, as they are afraid of authorities, of the unknown their beloved ...

John Shand has written about music and theatre since 1981 in more than 30 publications, including for Fairfax Media since ...