To commemorate the 75th anniversary of George Orwell's death, The New Statesman has published two essays by the author of ...

The push to sanitize school collections erases what literature is for: knowledge, discovery, the freedom to think ...

Shake & Stir's excellent production of 1984, George Orwell’s powerful warning of what happens when we lose our souls to the ...

When gays and trans people want to ally with those who hang “infidels,” history laughs at them with tears in its eyes.

In an account that reads more like a spy thriller than a political history, British author Charlie English recounts the story of how the CIA smuggled books behind the Iron Curtain ...

Gary Shteyngart's 'Vera, or Faith,' and a painstakingly researched history of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of ...

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His destiny might already be mapped out, but Prince George has a few important things to do before he gets there.

Dunnigan’s own awakening came from reading the novel at age 11, when, as he recalled, “It really opened my eyes…about ...

An incredible book that has influenced the world, Orwell's 1984 is a dystopian tale that follows one man's Nightmare Odyssey ...

The Greatest Books has put together a ranking of the best classic novels of all time, with books across various genres making ...