Nineteen Eighty-Four

Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four…

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It has almost become a new blood sport to bait the BBC for its perceived failings. Left and right, Christian and atheist,…

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At times, there is an awful lot of chatter about how ‘1984 is coming true’ and a blog with the title of…

Very excited to read today that Haruki Murakami has revealed some of the inspiration for his new book: Murakami has now admitted…