A 2025 reading list ought to include ‘1984’

A 2025 reading list ought to include ‘1984’

Current political activities have released a torrent of approval and disapproval (“Senate GOP voice rare dissent after Trump blames Ukraine for Russia’s invasion,” Feb. 19). My suggestion for those who are not sure where to place their loyalties is to read. I have some book suggestions from years gone by: “1984” by George Orwell (1949). “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley (1932). “A Mathematician Reads The Newspaper” by John Allen Poulos (1995). …

'Trump's lies make him as dangerous as the Nazis, we are living George Orwell's 1984'

In George Orwell’s classic, the proles swallowed up all the newspeak ­propaganda from Big Brother, and Brian Reade fears too many people today are falling for the US president’s blatant reality twisting This week may have seen Europe engulfed in an existential crisis but at least it gave us the Phrase of the Year. I doubt anything uttered in 2025 will carry the same weight as the words Volodymyr Zelensky used to define where Donald Trump’s mind …

Trump is planning an agreement with China. At the same time, he is approaching Russia. His concern is the supremacy of the dollar.