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Meet the Writers - Sandra Newman
19 November 2023
Joining Georgina Godwin in today’s episode is American author Sandra Newman, whose sixth novel, ‘Julia’, offers a bold feminist reinterpretation of George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’. The book expands upon the protag…
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Matters of perspective
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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: Orwell Daily
10 November 2022
Orwell Daily is a new email subscription from Substack that sends readers excerpts of George Orwell’s writings. Georgina Godwin speaks to Jean Seaton, the director of the Orwell Foundation and a professor of media history…
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The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 8 June
8 June 2021
Our expert panellists Marie Le Conte and Oscar Guardiola-Rivera on political polarity in the Americas, Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief Fiona Wilson discusses Yoshihide Suga’s invitation to the G7, and following Emmanuel Mac…
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Room for all
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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: DJ Taylor
9 September 2019
DJ Taylor is a British critic, writer and novelist. He has written award-winning biographies of George Orwell and William Thackeray, as well as being longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker prize for his novel ‘Derby Day’. His…
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The Late Edition - Thursday 7 February
7 February 2019
Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, has speculated on the existence of a circle of hell for pro-Brexit campaigners without a plan; we ask if Theresa May still hopes her blueprint can lead the UK back to…
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Travellers’ tales
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The Foreign Desk - From democracy to autocracy
28 January 2017
Sales of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ have surged in recent days but as great as that novel is, it won’t tell Americans much about the reality of life in an autocracy. For that we need to listen to those who have lived through…
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The Briefing - Wednesday 25 January
25 January 2017
We ask whether Donald Trump’s stand against China could actually be good news for Beijing and find out why George Orwell’s ‘1984’ is experiencing a surge in popularity. Plus: US public broadcasting feels the threat of…
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The Monocle Arts Review - Theatre: Donald Hutera
9 September 2015
Theatre critic Donald Hutera reviews a ballet version of George Orwell’s ‘1984’, a play based on the life of Nobel Prize-winner Marie Curie and the latest adaptation of Greek tragedy ‘The Oresteia’.