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"I was very excited to get involved, it's one of my favourite books of all time": watch Muse's Matt Bellamy work on a dramatic new original score for George Orwell's 1984 at Abbey Road Studios

Take a look behind the scenes as Muse frontman Matt Bellamy works with the London Metropolitan Orchestra on the soundtrack for a new Audible version of 1984

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At war with ourselves: 1984 and the struggle against our digital demons

Orwell’s classic novel has had the enduring power to speak across generations – and with our lives now distorted by algorithms and online surveillance, it has much to say about our own inner conflicts

The Guardian - UK

From Hollywood to your headphones: meet the cast of Audible’s new adaptation of 1984

A-list talent and emerging stars bring Orwell’s classic novel to life in a new audio production

The Guardian - UK

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Surveillance states: as in Orwell’s 1984, has living under watch changed the way we act, speak and think?

From big data to the scrutiny of our peers on social media, we are all more visible than ever. Orwell’s masterpiece can shed light on how we might internalise our loss of privacy

The Guardian - UK

Trolling and digital pile-ons: have we created our own version of 1984’s Two Minutes Hate?

Orwell’s story shows us a society in which outpourings of hatred become a bonding exercise. His warning can help us escape the ire and vitriol we often encounter on social media

The Guardian - UK

Ignorance ain’t strength: what 1984 tells us about fake news – and how to resist it

Of all the prescient insights to be found in Orwell’s classic novel, perhaps one of the most chilling is the advent of the post-truth era. Can 1984 help us better navigate our own dystopia?

The Guardian - UK

Disruptive thought leadership moving forward: how to decode Orwellian Newspeak in 2024

In George Orwell’s dystopian 1984, the denuding of language is achieved through the state terror of the Party. But in 2024, has corporate jargon and self-help speak left us just as verbally impoverished?

The Guardian - UK

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How well do you know Orwell’s 1984? Take the quiz to find out

Are you more of a blagger than a member of the Brotherhood? To celebrate Audible’s new audio dramatisation of 1984, our quiz will test your knowledge of George Orwell’s dystopian classic

The Guardian - UK

"MTV was the first time that technology became a rock star": The story of 1984, the year everything changed

Sitting between the heritage of the 70s and the glitzy, big-haired peak to which the 80s would ascend, 1984 was a quietly pivotal time for music, popular culture and the world as we knew it

Metal Hammer

A highly rated anime show compared to George Orwell's 1984 is returning to screens, lands new trailer and release date

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture is releasing a lot sooner than you’d think

Total Film

Decoding Project 2025's Evangelicalese

Evangelicalese allows Trump’s MAGA supporters to hide their extreme positions in plain sight

Salon

6 mind-bending sci-fi novels every prog metal fan should read

As epic new sci-fi show 3 Body Problem hits Netflix, Tesseract bassist/avid sci-fi fan Amos Williams picks the novels that encapsulate the genre at its best

Metal Hammer

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in February

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

‘They didn’t understand us at all’: why the miners’ strike still captivates Britain, 40 years on

Artists, writers and film-makers have long been inspired by the stories – and myths – of the 1984-5 strike. But how do those most affected by its legacy feel about the portrayals?

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Wifedom by Anna Funder audiobook review – the first Mrs Orwell

The Australian writer explores the Nineteen Eighty-Four author’s treatment of women in an empathetic biography of his first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy

The Guardian - UK

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – how Eric Blair became George Orwell

The evils of empire are brought to life in this fascinating imagining of Orwell’s days as a colonial policeman, but the perspective of Burmese people is sidelined

The Hindu

Ram after Rukun – the story of a friendship

Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful, wrote George Orwell in his essay on Salvador Dali. Perhaps memoirs need merely to reveal the unsuspected.

The Guardian - UK

Animal Farm review – Orwell’s unsettling allegory still resonates in the age of Trump, Johnson and Sunak

Iqbal Khan’s production lays bare the uncomfortable parallels between a mid-20th century Soviet Union and today’s marauding politicians

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Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – George Orwell’s Burmese days vibrantly brought to life

The US writer’s fictionalised portrait of the young Eric Blair’s time with the imperial police in Burma is a keenly felt and vividly researched account of colonial bigotry and power

The Guardian - UK

No salt please, we’re British: how to make the perfect cup of tea

An American chemist’s recipe advising salt and hot milk does not sound like a nice cuppa to me

The Guardian - US

Forty years ago Apple debuted a computer that changed our world, for good or ill

In many ways, the long 21st century began when Apple launched the Macintosh with its ‘1984’ Super Bowl ad

The Guardian - AU

David Shrigley wants your balls: ‘Just one of many stupid artworks I have made over the years’

At the British artist’s new Melbourne work, you can exchange a ratty old ball for a pristine new one. Just don’t leave an apple instead

The Conversation

Freedom of thought is being threatened by states, big tech and even ourselves. Here’s what we can do to protect it

The idea of free speech sparked into life 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece – in part because it served a politician’s interests. The ability to speak freely was seen as essential for the new Athenian democracy, which the politician Cleisthenes both introduced and benefited from.

The Independent UK

Booze, Brexit and bad hair: how Wetherspoons became the most divisive establishment in Britain

The British high street has for years been dominated by a chain of cheap-and-cheerful pubs boasting straightforward food, inexpensive pints and mad carpets. Oh, and political propaganda. As Spoons founder Tim Martin is granted a knighthood, Katie Rosseinsky dives into a polarising brand that we can never seem to agree…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Under the hornbeams review: A unique tale of two lives lived in Regent's Park

The wise hobo is a common trope in literature. In George Orwell’s classic Down and Out in Paris and London, the writer meets a street-dwelling artist named Bozo on the Embankment. As they cross the Thames, Bozo teaches him about the different constellations in the night sky, and shares what…

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