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

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

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A philosophy and law professor at Wayne State University who studies the writings of George Orwell (“1984”) is using the ...

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.

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

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. George Orwell died in 1950, but he’s in the newspapers nearly every day. In the past few years alone ...

The effects of such 1984 titles as ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, and ‘Gremlins’ are still felt in popular culture today.

Presenter of Radio 4's Front Row, Mark Lawson, considers George Orwell's time at the BBC. John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Duration: 28:00 'It's like ...

In case of abuse, Report this post. I recently came across a review, written in 1940 by George Orwell, of ‘Mein Kampf’, Hitler’s blueprint for a future Germany. With characteristic lucidity ...

Shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2017, George Orwell’s 1949 novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” shot to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list.

(THE CONVERSATION) Shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2017, George Orwell’s 1949 novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” shot to the top of Amazon ...