George Orwell’s writing pierced intellectual hypocrisy wherever he found it. He was born Eric Arthur Blair in Bengal, India, in 1903. After attending the elite British Prep School Eton ...

But by far the greatest beneficiary of our newly piqued national anxiety is George Orwell’s 1984 ... Ignorance is Strength.” Born in 1903, Orwell lived through two world wars and saw the ...

I had just read a phrase George Orwell wrote about public schools ... But there is a reason: Orwell (born Eric Blair, as he was when he shared prep school and Eton with Connolly) wrote common ...

After a slew of biographies on George Orwell seeking either to add to his ... Constantly twitted for being a tall, lanky, TB-coughing Old Etonian born in Motihari, Bihar, where his father was ...

An Australian teacher is the winner of the Orwell Society's Peter Davidson Award in recognition of "outstanding ability and ...

George Orwell’s political thinking was dramatically shaped while fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Thanks to the influence of the Soviet Union, the Republican side spent a lot of time fighting ...