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

George Orwell’s powerful storytelling and sharp political insights make him one of the most influential writers of the 20th ...

There never seems to be a time when the writings of George Orwell appear outdated. Perhaps those who regard him as a prophet overstate their case from the beginning since there are many ways one could ...

George Orwell’s 1984 is one of those works that seems to become more relevant as time goes on. When I first read it, I was struck by how many of the novel’s central warnings—from the ...

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I feel like a kid. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter That’s wonderful. What’s your secret? I tried opening a childproof cap. Driving ...

And he goes: ‘Oh, OK!’” Orwell has received some backlash over the years for comments about Jewish people in his book Down and Out in Paris and London. “Was he antisemitic?” Blair asked.

The Corryvreckan whirlpool forms when tides from the east and west of Jura meet off the northernmost tip of the island, and an underwater basalt pillar called The Old Hag forces the water upwards, ...