Nineteen Eighty-Four even spawned an adjective to describe such circumstances, “Orwellian”: a label so powerful that opposing political wings deploy it to describe those actions and policies ...

The artist first read “Nineteen Eighty-Four” when he was an art student in the 1980s. On reading it again, he said he realized “that it was still a really resonant book, (and) that it seemed ...

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The artist first read “Nineteen Eighty-Four” when he was an art student in the 1980s. On reading it again, he said he realized “that it was still a really resonant book, (and) that it seemed ...

A dystopia is an imagined society characterized by poverty, squalor, oppression and often a nightmare quality. It’s the opposite of a utopia, a perfect or ideal society. Dystopian literature ...

The artist first read Nineteen Eighty-Four when he was an art student in the 1980s. On reading it again, he says he realised “that it was still a really resonant book, ...

Martin Freeman kicks of a day of readings from Nineteen Eighty-Four, celebrating the 75th anniversary of Orwell's great dystopian novel, as part of Radio 4's 'Orwell vs Kafka' season.

Unlike in “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” however, the Party we live under is not all-powerful. It can be stopped, if we stop accepting its lies — if, after 75 years, we heed Orwell.

Nineteen Eighty-Four – published 75 years ago, in summer 1949 – depicts an imagined future where the world sees its people surveilled and controlled by three totalitarian states constantly at war.

The artist first read “Nineteen Eighty-Four” when he was an art student in the 1980s. On reading it again, he said he realized “that it was still a really resonant book, (and) that it seemed ...