Asked if he thought Orwell was misogynistic, Blair replied: “I think perhaps he was. He did have a roving eye. He pushed the envelope.” Blair added: “He had an open mind and he was able to ...

George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm ... Coin artist Henry Gray created what appears to be an eye but is a camera lens at the centre of the design. The quote “Big Brother is watching ...

Credit: Aaron Tam / AFP via Getty Images Saying George Orwell's 1984 is my favorite book is like saying Star Wars is my favorite movie franchise. It would be more accurate to call them obsessions.

George Orwell ... depicted in 1984 is, ultimately, “an impassioned defence of human rights”, says Prof David Dwan. A self-proclaimed democratic socialist and a humanist, Orwell was among ...

Shortly before he died George ... between what Orwell saw in 1937 and his vision of 1948 seems slight. In the Spanish War he saw words become the instrument of many lies. In 1984 he imagined ...