The Post Office changed how it described problems with its Horizon IT system based on a suggestion by the husband of former boss, Paula Vennells. The inquiry into the scandal has revealed that followi...
04.23.2024 Yahoo.com and 2 sitesNonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin Audio) 3. Supercommunicat...
04.23.2024 Dailymail.co.uk and 18 sitesIT’S doublespeak that would have George Orwell slit his wrists with a sharpened quill: right after casting a veto against a draft resolution that recommended granting the state of Palestine full membe...
04.22.2024 Dawn.com and 1 sitesIn celebration of World Book Day, let’s explore the world of audiobooks and their impact on reshaping the literary landscape in India. Whether you’re craving on-the-go entertainment or a moment to unw...
04.23.2024 Indiatimes.com and 1 sitesA udible has been pushing the boat out lately with its dramatisations of literary classics, and this adaptation of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, marking 75 years since it was published, is a dark delight. Andrew Garfield leads a starry cast as Winston Smith, a worker at the Ministry of Truth trying to keep a lid on his frustrations with the Party, the ruling power that controls everything in the state of Oceania including what its citizens do, say and think. The omniscient Big Brother, v...
04.19.2024 Theguardian.comArticle content Mark Golden, a University of Winnipeg professor who died in 2020, was a leading Canadian historian of athletics in the classical world. Article content We apologize, but this video has...
04.25.2024 Vancouversun.com and 17 sitesAuthored by John and Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference . . . The Thought Police would g...
04.19.2024 Ifttt.itbehere.com and 2 sitesBeautiful, cultured and struck down in her prime, Mamaine Paget would be a captivating ghost to be haunted by. Ariane Bankes knows this well, having grown up in the wake of her aunt’s absence. “Mamain...
04.24.2024 Telegraph.co.ukIn 1946, George Orwell published an essay titled The Decline of the English Murder. “Our great period in murder, our Elizabethan period, so to speak, seems to have been between roughly 1850 and 1925, ...
04.19.2024 Hindustantimes.com“As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. ” – George Orwell, England Your England, 1941 Take away the ‘highly civilized human beings’ part, replace it with ‘missiles/drones’, and I could write similar words as...
04.19.2024 Intellinews.com and 3 sites