What Orwell Really Feared
In 1946, the author repaired to the remote Isle of Jura and wrote his masterpiece, 1984. What was he looking for?
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In 1946, the author repaired to the remote Isle of Jura and wrote his masterpiece, 1984. What was he looking for?
He was beloved by Americans who could agree on little else. Was he too eager to please?
What a new retrospective reveals about the artist, and about our swerve away from humanism
Thirty years after his death, Jean-Michel Basquiat defies easy categories. Was he an artist, an art star, or just a celebrity?
The actor’s persona was inextricable from the toxic culture of Cold War machismo.