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Insights into political contradictions and certitudes of ‘gloomy sage’ George Orwell
Establishment mouthpiece: George Orwell broadcasts for the BBC in 1940
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TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
Liberty, Equality, and Humbug: Orwell’s Political Ideals
by David Dwan
(Oxford University Press, £25)
THE inclusion of “humbug” in the title of David Dwan’s examination of the ideals that drove one of the most controversial political writers of the mid-20th century does not necessarily imply that he is about demolishing George Orwell’s reputation.
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