It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not true
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What to read to understand your next employer ○
From Kafka’s “The Trial” to Orwell’s “1984”
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What links a 1982 Prince song and a 1949 Orwell novel? The Saturday Quiz ⊕⊕
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From early English and perpendicular to Deal or No Deal Nigeria, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 Which world-famous ancient site was the capital of the Nabataean people?
2 What is a shark’…
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Orwell: 2+2=5 review – documentary portrait doesn’t wholly add up ⊕
Raoul Peck’s film about the Nineteen Eighty-Four novelist makes a compelling case for its continuing relevance but could ask more searching questions about its author
Raoul Peck’s documentary about Ge…
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School used AI to purge library of 'inappropriate' books including Orwell's 1984 and Twilight, with librarian branded 'safeguarding risk' ⊕
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An investigation by Index on Censorship found a secondary school in Greater Manchester earmarked almost 200 books for removal from its library that were deemed 'inappropriate'.
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‘Orwell went off to fight. I thought I’d have to do the same’: Raoul Peck on his intimate connection with the writer ⊕
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The Haitian director was given unprecedented access to George Orwell’s archives – and found a fellow crusader for truth. His extraordinary new film highlights the sinister links between Big Brother, …
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Decades of feminism paved the road to Andrew’s arrest | Rebecca Solnit ⊖⊖
The outcry and activism of the 2010s – itself enabled by earlier generations of feminists – brought us to this moment. But if the Trump administration has its way, opposing forces will prevail
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The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell ⊕
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Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pour over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway
Four young women sit together, waiting for the phone to ring…
From Brontë to Ballard, Orwell to Okri: the best songs inspired by literature – ranked! ⊕⊕
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As Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights gets a boost from a new film adaptation, we survey the surprising, seditious and sensual ways in which prose has influenced pop
The oeuvre of Katy Perry occasionally h…
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Who, If Not Us? The Fight for Democracy in Belarus review – activists display their defiance ⊖
Collateral comedy spins out from underneath the repression and violence charted in this sobering documentary that follows three indefatigable women
There are many symptoms of totalitarian sickness gri…