While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed ...

Orwell, before the war ... a picture of Burma and distinguished as a work of literature. “Men God Forgot,” by Albert Cossery (Circle Editions: George Leite, Berkeley, California), is one ...

George Orwell died in 1950 ... For contrast, consider the work of G K Chesterton. I agree with the Catholic apologist on fairly little, and yet the man could write; his concision and wit have ...

George Orwell’s political thinking was dramatically ... writing of history by the Ministry of Truth, where Winston Smith works. The resonance of this is felt today with continuing anxiety ...

George Orwell famously argued that clear language in politics can be a bulwark against oppression. But in the Trump era, his solution no longer holds.

George Orwell might have a sense of "deja vu" about ... He added: "In terms of improving our understanding of Orwell's work, I suspect his letters to Eleanor reminiscing about their country ...

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

George Orwell, who wrote about war, totalitarianism, nationalism and patriotism in the 1940s, would have had a lot to say about Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric.

Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis explore the extent to which the works of George Orwell and Franz Kafka continue to express the reality and frustration of life in the 21st century.

For the Orwell Foundation, it tied in perfectly with the mission of spreading and promoting his work. The foundation told BBC News: "George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is a book which matters ...