He is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?

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 ...

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 ... 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 ...

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.