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Waters’ hard and unyielding approach to modern politics has resulted in longstanding elements of his stagecraft becoming contentious.
Anna Funder’s new book, Wifedom, is a meditation on the insidious nature of patriarchy. Funder draws parallels between our #metoo era and the time of George Orwell and his wife Eileen.
Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.
Novelist Petina Gappah’s call for translators on Facebook has resulted in the publication of Chimurenga Chemhuka.
Brain scans have been used to interpret thoughts, but how far can this technology go?
Bloody games where there can be only winner critique the ‘winner takes all’ mentality fostered under capitalism.
When candidates can get elected to Congress based on a mountain of lies they’ve told, is it time to reconsider whether such lies are protected by the First Amendment?
In today’s world, propaganda thrives and manipulation is rife, but in ways that Orwell never envisioned.
Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.
Putin often uses words to mean exactly the opposite of what they normally do – a practice diagnosed by political author George Orwell as ‘doublespeak,’ or the language of totalitarians.
George Orwell’s 1945 novel is given a playful contemporary adaptation by Black Swan State Theatre Company.
George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was an instant success when it was first published. His writings on totalitarianism and socialism continue to be relevant today.
The revolution in AI harbours dangers for humanity – here’s why.
With the third national lockdown under way, how can E.M. Forster’s neglected masterpiece help us survive the next few months?
In the current health crisis, authorities use our need for security and private firms our desire for entertainment to encourage us to give up our civil rights.
When two of Britain’s most influential voices clashed over allied bombing of Germany, Orwell took an unusual line.
‘Dystopia’ is a term that’s gained popularity during the coronavirus pandemic. But it’s not a synonym for ‘a bad time,’ and a government’s poor handling of a crisis does not constitute dystopia.
The bestselling novel turned film exposes paradoxes of fixing a broken system with its own tools. As we collectively meditate on the world’s problems, why not imagine better worlds?
In the year 1984, there was self-congratulatory coverage that the dystopia of the novel had not been realized. However, an expert argues that the technologies described in the novel are here and watching us.
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