Orwell, Trump and the persistence of fascism: ‘He was giving us a warning’
Raoul Peck, director of a new film about the author, tells Dorian Lynskey that the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four was drawn from lived experience, not prophecy
Culture
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In a world of war, abuse and rising fascism, ‘woke’ was never the enemy
Mainstream conservatives and even centrists rounded on progressive culture as though it were a threat to society. Now they see where the real threat lay, writes Dorian Lynskey
Politics
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Review of the Week: Summerfolk at the National theatre
Maxim Gorky’s pre-revolutionary play about wealthy Russians on the brink of chaos is reborn in a five star, distinctly relevant revival, writes Nerve theatre critic Dorian Lynskey
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'There has to be a way to actively oppose these thugs without losing ourselves': novelist George Saunders on life in America now
The Booker prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, whose new novel imagines the last hours of an oil tycoon, talks to Dorian Lynskey about Trump, truth and how to reconcile empathy with political opposition
Culture
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Review of the Week: Oh, Mary! at Trafalgar theatre
A huge hit on Broadway, Cole Escola’s history-busting comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln - Abraham’s wife - is wild, subversively queer and riotously funny, writes Dorian Lynskey
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