One of the most intriguing developments in our current unpredictable political climate has been the Left’s co-opting of George Orwell’s ... It is a warning against socialism, whose inner ...

George Orwell’s political thinking was dramatically ... “the Party” and their dogma of Ingsoc (English Socialism), and the sinister Thought Police. 2. 1984 is a defence of human rights ...

Some consider George Orwell’s political beliefs to be equivocal ... and he remained committed to his vision of democratic ...

In The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell worried aloud that his coveted socialist agenda would never be realized if its implementation were to remain in the hands of the “prigs.” ...

Of course there is no real George Orwell – it was the pen name of Eric ... ex-Etonian ex-policeman and socialist, who was ardently anti-authoritarian. He was as anti-fascist as he was anti ...

George Orwell was not born as such; his given name was Eric Arthur Blair. He was born on June 25, 1903 in India, the son of ...

George Orwell wasn’t afraid to speak against totalitarianism – but what was he for? Colin Burrow joins Tom to unpick the cultural conservatism and crackling violence underpinning Orwell’s writing, to ...