What Orwell got right
The more the world in which Nineteen Eighty-Four was written has changed, the more it has stayed the same.
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Professor emeritus of history at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University.
The more the world in which Nineteen Eighty-Four was written has changed, the more it has stayed the same.
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