In August and September 1931 George Orwell, in his guise as a tramp, went hop-picking in Kent, keeping a diary as he went. In…

* In July 2026, following the Orwell Society’s visit to the places where George Orwell went hop-picking during his tramping…

By Martin Tyrrell * In late 1937, George Orwell reviewed Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain, along with several other books on…

Harold Rubinstein: The Life and Work of a Literary Lawyer * Introduction. Law and Literature have long been bed-fellows. Think of…

A Review * A recent survey of attitudes by Gallup suggested that in western Europe, the willingness to fight for one’s…

Did George Orwell say ‘Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become a universal religion.’? * Yes but only if you know…

* Part Two * Horror Comics In late 1946 Orwell made the first mention of what would come to be known as ‘horror comics’ after…

* Commentator, Critic, Writer * Has there been one person who made it possible to study popular entertainment in all its varying…

Did George Orwell say ‘Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than…

* Our thanks to James Walker, Course Leader BA Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University, who gave us this introduction to…