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There is a lot of conjecture about the strategic relationship between China and Russia, and the degree of knowledge that Chairman Xi Jinping had before Presiden

Orwell wrote not one, but two century-defining works, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four—novels that speak directly to readers today, more than 50 years later. He dedicated his life to writing about and warning of the dangers of totalitarian politics and, most presciently, the breakdown of language when it comes to previously clear distinctions between truth and falsehood.

Apparently Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea is potentially traumatising.

Civilization Without Religion?: by Russell Kirk

From the blog of Peter John Beyfus at The Times of Israel

Putin’s invasion has energized our resolve. Can we muster the same for bigger foes?

Literature’s most maligned genre is not just for geeks. In shedding light on our darkest desires, sci-fi tells us what it means to be human

Margaret Atwood, 82, told The Sunday Times her acclaimed novel The Handmaids Tale was not intended as a feminist work and she wanted to give women a voice in the dystopian genre.

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, Lawson thinks about the various ways in which oppression appears in the world and what it takes for people to finally take notice.

Spain excels in high-speed lines, but visitors will discover so much more on older tracks winding through deserts, sierras, sleepy villages and George Orwell country