In a post-truth society, is George Orwell’s 1984 even more important now than ever?
It is a book that in politics has been co-opted by both the left and the right, with the term “Orwellian” being used and misused in the clamour for power. In some way the novel is about the future, but it is also about the present. Even Orwell who wrote the book in 1948 said it should be seen not as a prediction… but as a warning.
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CREDITS Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88) All 1984 Graphic images by Fido Nesti from his graphic novel https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/024143649… (I do NOT get a commission on sales, I just love the book) Thumbnail artwork: Riko Blanco Actor’s Voice reading quotes is Arthur Lane for ‘Gates of Imagination’ the FREE audio books site (please subscribe, it’s brilliant!) • Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell | 19… Image of Orwell wounded by Sébastien Verdier from “Orwell” on Self Made Hero Publications
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