Introduction. In 1941 inThe Lion and the Unicorn; Socialism and the English Genius, Orwell wrote in Part II Shopkeepers at War…

Did George Orwell say ‘Millions of other just like me have got a feeling that the world’s gone wrong’? * No: this sentence,…

The 2026 film De Gaulle: Resistance deals with the period 1940-1942; here we have collated a review, a letter and an analysis of…

Did George Orwell say that the idea of equality was ‘Judæo-Christian’? * George Orwell considered the linked…

By Liam McPartland * When George Orwell finished Nineteen Eighty-Four he gave totalitarianism its own language — Big Brother,…

In response to ‘Blake’s townhouse could be open to all‘ (Guardian 8 September 2026) What did George Orwell say…

* In response to (among others) ‘What different world maps get right – and what they get wrong’ (BBC 5th September…

Orwell and Brieux. In a 1947 column George Orwell drew attention to ‘one of the few sensible things in the army system,…

Did George Orwell say that the lower classes smell? * George Orwell did not say ‘The lower classes smell’, he quoted the…

Retelling Animal Farm Through the Eyes of Orwell’s Raven By Dov Citron * When I began thinking about adapting George Orwell’s…