Radio 4 presents a journey through the life and work of George Orwell, running from late January 2013. Of course there is no real George Orwell – it was the pen name of Eric Blair – but he was ...

In spite of his request, the six years since his death have left us three biographies and countless articles about his life. Christopher Hollis' Study of George Orwell, suggests to me that Orwell ...

John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Duration: 28:00 'It's like watching ten movies about his life.' Joseph Millson on The Real George Orwell dramas Joseph ...

George Orwell might have a sense of "deja vu" about ... An award-winning writer and critic, Mr Taylor's new biography "Orwell: The New Life" is the first to reveal insights about Orwell from ...

The George Orwell statue has been unveiled outside BBC New Broadcasting House The BBC headquarters in London has got a new resident: he's tall, bronze and likes a smoke. A statue of novelist ...

One of the most intriguing developments in our current unpredictable political climate has been the Left’s co-opting of George Orwell’s dystopian ... the means of life, Hayek observed ...

George Orwell is no longer a socialist ... I know why the people in my novel submitted to the telescreens. That could be life or death. I get that. But now? - We do it voluntarily without any ...

George Orwell is regarded as the greatest political writer in English of the twentieth century. The massive critical literature on Orwell has not only become extremely specialized, and therefore ...