While it is hard to quantify the program’s effect in absolute terms, its history offers valuable lessons for today, not least ...

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Scrolling through my social media feed recently, I came across a tweet with a meme of an old monkey in a rocking chair and the caption, “This reminds me of the book ’1984’ by George Orwell ...

And, when given the opportunity, Orwell chose to use passive verbs 20 percent of the time in his essay “Politics and the English language.” Who’s evasive now, George?

Orwell's adoption of a plain and colloquial style of writing then became an attempt, highly unsuccessful at first, to reach all those whose only education beyond the age of 14 was the free public ...

George Orwell had a unique talent for predicting the future in his books, notably 1984, but now seeing director Andy Serkis’ new animated take on Orwell’s 1945 all-too-predictive allegory and ...

An essay by George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” changed the trajectory of my career. I pivoted from a job as a college literature teacher to become a writing coach for students ...

Orwell died in 1950, aged 46, so the voice is one reference point which hasn't been available to Martin Jennings, who was commissioned to make the new sculpture.

George Orwell had a unique talent for predicting the future in his books, notably 1984, but now seeing director Andy Serkis ‘ new animated take on Orwell’s 1945 all-too-predictive allegory and ...