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Slow death of Britain even worse than George Orwell's 1984 imagined The OBR's bleak futurism prompted writer Paul Baldwin to make a few predictions of his own, with Orwell's 1984 re-imagined as ...
A stage adaption of George Orwell’s dystopian novel has been packing them in, as its themes – newspeak, thought police and constant surveillance – hit home.
From “Atomic Dog” to today’s sound, George Clinton breaks down funk’s influence and why freedom still flows through the Mothership.
Seth Rogen, Kieran Culkin, and Gaten Matarazzo voice talking pigs in the teaser trailer for Andy Serkis' animated adaptation of Animal Farm.
That is the premise of today’s Velshi Banned Book Club feature, one of the most salient political satires ever written: “Animal Farm” by George Orwell.
A new introduction in the 75th anniversary edition of George Orwell's classic novel about "thoughtcrime" landed at the center of the culture wars.
For about half an hour or so, Raoul Peck’s documentary “Orwell: 2+2=5” is amazingly restrained in the way it deals with author George Orwell, his seminal dystopian novel “1984” and its ...
'Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5' review: director Raoul Peck shows how we're living in Orwellian times, where Trump and other autocrats punish free thought.
Community Voices Turns out Trump is a reader, after all His favorite book must be George Orwell’s ‘1984.’ Just look at the parallels to his presidency.
Raoul Peck, who will be in Cannes with 'Orwell: 2+2=5,' delivered a blistering warning about the rise of autocracy this week at Visions du Réel.
And our research suggests that higher levels of press freedom can also be linked to greater financial stability and lower “systemic risk” – where something bad happening at one company can ...