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Articles: Orwell and His Times

  • 3rd October 2026 by John P. Lethbridge

    The Ghosts: 4, Andre Maurois

    Introduction. In 1941 inThe Lion and the Unicorn; Socialism and the English Genius, Orwell wrote in Part II Shopkeepers at War…
  • 26th September 2026 by George Orwell

    Charles De Gaulle 1940 – 1942

    The 2026 film De Gaulle: Resistance deals with the period 1940-1942; here we have collated a review, a letter and an analysis of…
  • 19th September 2026 by Orwell Society

    When language can no longer revolt

    By Liam McPartland * When George Orwell finished Nineteen Eighty-Four he gave totalitarianism its own language — Big Brother,…
  • 12th September 2026 by L.J. Hurst

    George Orwell Always in the News 24

    In response to ‘Blake’s townhouse could be open to all‘ (Guardian 8 September 2026) What did George Orwell say…
  • 9th September 2026 by L.J. Hurst

    George Orwell Always in the News Number 23

    * In response to (among others) ‘What different world maps get right – and what they get wrong’ (BBC 5th September…
  • 5th September 2026 by John P. Lethbridge

    Eugene Brieux

    Orwell and Brieux. In a 1947 column George Orwell drew attention to ‘one of the few sensible things in the army system,…
  • 15th August 2026 by John P. Lethbridge

    The Grossmith Brothers

    * Introduction. George Orwell mentioned many people in his writings who were once well known but are now largely forgotten. They…
  • 31st July 2026 by Orwell Society

    Orwell’s Hop-Picking Haunts 2026

    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…
  • 25th July 2026 by Kevin and Sandra Carter

    Preston Hall Sanatorium 2026

    * In July 2026, following the Orwell Society’s visit to the places where George Orwell went hop-picking during his tramping…
  • 11th July 2026 by John P. Lethbridge

    ‘A Small And Select Circulation’

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