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"It was nearly eleven hundred, and in the Records Department, where Winston worked, they were dragging the chairs out of the cubicles and grouping them in the centre of the hall opposite the big telescreen, in preparation for the Two Minutes Hate." - Nineteen Eighty-Four

"Collaborative triumph of the cosmos" or "Exile-extension worthy"? A Stellar Reviewer offers up their plasma ratings... 🍿📽️⭐️ But who is this reviewer, and what are they up to? With new transmissions coming soon, subscribe to 'Songs of Cygnus' to find out more... Link below 👇

"I think, in that case, the distortions are a deliberate censoring throughout the piece." New transmission from Songs of Cygnus - can you help decode it? Link below 👇 Songs of Cygnus is a new project from the Orwell Youth Fellows. This piece is by Max Baker, 2021 OYP winner.

"My name, my glorious, majestic, full name. One I hadn’t heard in five orbits." 🪐📚🪢🔤 New from Songs of Cygnus - read Tethers: Part 1. Powerful, new writing on language, home and belonging, from OYP 2022 Winner, Oluwatoni Adesanya. Link below 👇 The Orwell Prizes Substack

“Words have the power to turn tides in people’s hearts to make them stubborn and stupid and… beautiful.” New writing from Songs of Cygnus, a project from the Orwell Youth Fellows. What have our extraterrestrial enthusiasts discovered? Link below - subscribe for regular updates

"The treasure trove that is the extensive archive of correspondence and contracts amassed by Orwell’s original publisher, Victor Gollancz, could be scattered to the winds." theguardian.com/books/article/…

"What you’re looking at is the terrible ripping out of context and complexity and nuance of Orwell’s work." Our Director, Professor Jean Seaton, commenting on recent uses of Orwell earlier this week. metro.co.uk/2024/08/17/elo…

“As I looked at him, the tears forming in his eyes reflected in the late afternoon starlight. They were the only thing we had in common.” Read ‘Tethers: Part 2’ at the link below. Final instalment coming next week. Songs of Cygnus is a new project from the Orwell Youth Fellows🌟

“Wall-E cannot be faulted on the fact that it is history. But, I ask, what is the future of film if we simply reproduce life?” In space, Wall-E is a biopic. A Stellar Reviewer continues to ask provoking questions about film and the universe...final instalment tomorrow! Link 👇

"It shook me to my core." Read an exclusive extract Elif Shafak's introduction to the stunning new The Folio Society edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four. open.substack.com/pub/orwellfoun…

"Elon Musk is completely wrong about George Orwell, says Orwell Foundation head." #Orwell metro.co.uk/2024/08/17/elo…

"A single handwritten, previously unpublished Orwell letter... will probably set its purchaser back £10,000." David Taylor in the The Spectator on the ongoing sale of material by and about Orwell 👇 spectator.co.uk/article/what-w…

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“Underneath its paling sky we wished for a final Verse, a kissing couplet.” 🌟 Stirring new writing from Songs of Cygnus: ‘Abecedarian for a Fallen Planet’ by Heather Chapman. Songs of Cygnus is a new project from the Orwell Youth Fellows. Link below 🔽 The Orwell Prizes

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"Today's report should make you angry." Peter Apps, winner of The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2023 for "Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen", writing in today's The Guardian. Peter Apps | Inside Housing | Oneworld Publications theguardian.com/commentisfree/…