Seventy-five years after its publication on June 8, 1949, Orwell’s novel has attained a level of prominence enjoyed by few other books across academic, political and popular culture. 1984’s ...

In the aftermath of Hiroshima, he wrote to a friend: This stupid war is coming off in abt 10–20 years, & this country will be blown off the map ... Orwell’s Island: George, Jura and 1984 ...

To my mind, Orwell’s essays offer a road map out of today’s political tribalism and creeping authoritarianism. They represent the summit of his achievements as a writer in terms of both their ...

Also nearby is the Newman Arms, which is thought to have inspired the proles' pub in 1984. We've included additional sites on the map to indicate some of the most important locations to Orwell.

But any list like this has to include George Orwell, the English essayist and the author of two of the most famous political novels of the 20th century: 1984 and Animal Farm. Whether you’ve read ...

‘Men Explain Things to Me’ author Rebecca Solnit digs into the writer’s garden — and its implication for Orwell and history — in ‘Orwell’s Roses.’ Newman’s Julia, whom we meet as ...

Earlier this month, Elon Musk posted a picture on X (formerly Twitter) showing off his new T-shirt emblazoned with “What Would Orwell Think” — an ironic homage from a man many see as ...

1984, Taylor adds, is the apotheosis of Orwell’s fears and hypotheses about ... nightmarish vision contains enough familiar elements to map onto the known world, giving it a sense of alarming ...