OS Journal 26

Welcome

• Quentin Kopp

Articles

• • • John Rodden Celebrates the 80th anniversary of the publication of Animal Farm and its enduring relevance as a cautionary classic.
    • Richard Blair Looks back at his father’s creation of Animal Farm and imagines his parents working on it between 1943-1944.
    • Alenka Puhar Pays tribute to Jože Germ whose translation of Animal Farm into Slovenian was broadcast in 1947 by Radio Trst/Trieste.
    • Frank van Splunder Provides a fascinating account of the Khmer version of Animal Farm
    • Matthew Herbert Explores how sexuality in Nineteen Eighty-Four is related to Orwell’s conception of private life
    • G.Alexander Denning Offers a rejoinder to John Rodden’s article on Nineteen Eighty- Four in Journal 24
    • Hassan Akram Explores the famous 1958 satire, The Rise of the Meritocracy, written by the sociologist Michael Young.
    • Leyla Ferrand A short story from our winner of the Dystopian Fiction Award which captures the essence of the Orwellian tradition.
    • L.J. Hurst Uncovers a little-known pamphlet by Kingsley Amis which is structured around an attack on Orwell
    • John Boaler Ponders why Orwell did not set any of his fiction in a boys’ boarding school.

Reviews:

• • • Alissa Valles Reviews Krystyna Wieszczek’s George Orwell and Communist Poland
    • Benedict Cooper Reviews Nathan Waddell’s A Bright Cold Day
    • Trevor Fisher Reviews Oliver Lewis’s travelogue, The Orwell Tour.

Letters to the Editor

Events

• • • Quentin Kopp Outlines Key Events for 2026