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An Orwellian Today

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Mar 16, 2018

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Are we living in an Animal Farm like Orwellian present?Borimir Totev talks with ex-BBC Russian Service features editor Masha Karp about her new George Orwell biography and the parallels we can draw to our contemporary reality.This podcast episode was edited and produced for Pushkin House by Borimir Totev.

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Mar 16, 2018

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