Dorian Lynskey

Dorian Lynskey writes about music, film, books and politics for publications including The Guardian , The Observer , the New Statesman , GQ , Billboard , Empire , and Mojo . His first book was 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs . A study of thirty-three pivotal songs with a political message, it was NME 's Book of the Year and a 'Music Book of the Year' in The Daily Telegraph . His second book, The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984, was longlisted for...See more

Dorian Lynskey writes about music, film, books and politics for publications including The Guardian , The Observer , the New Statesman , GQ , Billboard , Empire , and Mojo . His first book was 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs . A study of thirty-three pivotal songs with a political message, it was NME 's Book of the Year and a 'Music Book of the Year' in The Daily Telegraph . His second book, The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984, was longlisted for both the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Orwell Prize. He hosts the podcasts 'Origin Story' and 'Oh God, What Now?'. See less