Shaker Aamer was sent to Guantánamo Bay in 2002, and cleared to leave in 2007. Now, weakened by hunger strike, he asks what his fate has to do with justice
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I just want to watch the Hovis TV ad, I don’t want to take part in it
Thursday 21 February 2013
Sony has launched a patent that could see the ads of the future turned into interactive videogames. But some of us already loathe pop-ups...
The Real George Orwell, rescued from endless parody and tiresome idiom for a new generation
Tuesday 12 February 2013
A superb new Radio 4 series has brought the work of the great socialist polemicist to life. Our writer, long a fan, explains why he was captivated from first minute to last
Review: The Fun Stuff and Other Essays, By James Wood
Sunday 27 January 2013
A would-be rock star of US letters gets to the root of George Orwell's class consciousness, savages Paul Auster, and demands excellence
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to get first time radio adaptation
Tuesday 22 January 2013
George Orwell's classic Nineteen Eighty-Four is to be dramatised by BBC radio for the first time - almost 70 years after the writer worked at the corporation's Broadcasting House, which partly inspired his tale.
What gets my goat! 'Room 101' returns
Sunday 30 December 2012
A new set of celebrities reveal their pet hates. Jonathan Owen investigates
Free Ravi Shankar Download: get his 1950s debut album today only
Wednesday 12 December 2012
There was some commotion in news conference this morning, when a very senior executive issued a heresy. Ravi Shankar, he said, might have been a magnificent technician, but he wasn't all that positive an influence on music. A huge amount of musical drudgery issued, indeed, from his influence. Well, suffice to say that is not the prevailing orthodoxy; rather, most people think he was possibly the finest living exponent of a musical form that was sublime and spiritual.
War is never glorious, so why we do we bully those who protest against poppy culture?
Tuesday 13 November 2012
A student refused to lay a poppy wreath last Sunday
Come on up, the view's lovely: First look from the Shard's public gallery
Friday 26 October 2012
Visitors taking tours of the Shard will be able to enjoy views of up to 40 miles across London when it opens in February.
Win the top 10 books in the Everyman's Library
Sunday 07 October 2012
Everyman's Library is celebrating its 21st birthday this Autumn.
Dickens tops chart as classic tales remain a hit with parents
Monday 20 August 2012
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' 1843 classic in which the stingy Ebenezer Scrooge discovers the generous Christmas spirit, is the book parents most want to pass on to their children, according to a new poll.
My Life in Travel: Jamie Hince, singer and guitarist in The Kills
Friday 29 June 2012
'I squatted in a derelict cinema in Berlin ... it was quite an adventure'
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Pope Francis: Being an atheist is alright as long as you do good
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Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Archaeologists uncover nearly 5,000 cave paintings in Burgos, Mexico
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Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
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