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A new study shows that political partisans are more likely to remember things that didn't happen — as long as it fits their narrative.
Famished, not famous: retrace Orwell’s hunger days, when he was one of the city’s legion of poor foreigners.
See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.
Discover how the threads of myth, legend, and artistry have been woven together by storytellers to craft history.
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Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
Jules Verne wrote about gasoline-powered vehicles, weapons of mass destruction, and global warming more than a century ago.
The Russian writer’s scorn went beyond a difference in taste; Leo Tolstoy virulently hated everything Shakespeare had come to stand for.
In Orwell’s dystopian novel, the government uses Newspeak to control thoughts by controlling language. But thoughts do not require language.
In some countries, people want more freedom of speech. In others, they feel that there is too much.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
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Once a book is published, who gets to interpret it? Us or the author?
Some intellectuals use charisma and deception to obscure the holes in their arguments. Here is how to see through their smokescreen.
Winston Churchill had a secret army, and bunkers like this would have hidden them during a German invasion.
Austro-Japanese aristocrat Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi later concentrated on plans for Pan-Europe.
People often incorporate lessons from fictional stories into their beliefs, attitudes and value judgments, sometimes without even being aware that they are doing so.
The Canadian professor has an extensive collection posted on his site.
The renowned author plans to publish a follow-up to the 1985 bestseller in September 2019.
There is no one answer. But there are 10.
Transport yourself to other worlds and states of mind.
Some of them were surprisingly astute.
Throughout his career, the famous philosopher has been trying to correct people's misconceptions about anarchy. Here's some of his thinking.
A Stanford new study delves into whether passions are fixed or developed.
“People should be free to walk down the street without being watched by the government.” — ACLU and a coalition of civil rights groups
"Sports is war minus the shooting," said George Orwell. So far, however, a thawing of tensions between North Korea and South Korea has been the big political story of the 2018 Olympic Games.
Utopias are idealised visions of a perfect society. Utopianisms are those ideas put into practice. This is where the trouble begins.
What does it really mean when something is "Dickensian"? Or "Kafkaesque"? Sometimes these words are overused to the point where they lose their meaning. Here's how these and 6 other words got their origin.