He’s one of Britain’s most beloved – and misunderstood – writers. 75 years on, here’s all the ways the 1984 author’s legacy has been abused ...

Shortly before he died George Orwell asked that no one write his biography. Though much of his writing, even fiction, had been autobiographical, he valued privacy most of all the English virtues ...

This is an intellectual biography but it is not ... and read books as opposed to playing with mechanical blocks. What George ...

Fan of George Orwell's works like Animal Farm and 1984? Then here's why you must read up about a small town in Bihar called Motihari. It is the birthplace of George Orwell, connecting him to India in ...

Paul Theroux’s 30th novel, about George Orwell’s years as ... Beyond that, even Taylor’s dense biography admits that “much of Orwell’s time in the East is shrouded in mystery”.

George Orwell's years in the British Raj ignited a firestorm of ideas that would shape the world’s most iconic warnings ...

Presenter of Radio 4's Front Row, Mark Lawson, considers George Orwell's time at the BBC. John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Duration: 28:00 'It's like ...

George Orwell is commemorated on the 75th anniversary of his death with a series of coins from the Royal Mint in several ...