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Dorian Lynskey's recent book The Ministry of Truth looks at the culture and context of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Ahead of a talk about the book this coming Tuesday at Waterstones, Covent Garden, he picks out ten of the best examples of pop songs adhering to that nebulous genre, 'George Orwave'
Architecture writer, Pulp essayist and ‘guilty nostalgist’ Owen Hatherley talks to Karen Shook about retro tat, George Orwell’s dreams, Wilfred Owen’s hair, Ken Loach’s Hovis-advert socialism and that bloody poster