Another was Orwell’s Nose (2016), described by its literature professor author John Sutherland as a “pathological biography”. It analysed the role of smells in Orwell’s writing and his private life, ...

The transformation from 1933’s Eric Blair to 1939’s George Orwell is dramatic, but had he written nothing after 1939 he would have at best been a literary footnote. Instead, he writes Animal Farm ...

George Orwell ’s son has expressed concern over some of his late father’s work. Richard Blair, 80, was adopted by Orwell and his wife after they struggled to conceive naturally.

George Orwell’s son has expressed concern over some of his late father’s work. Richard Blair, 80, was adopted by Orwell and his wife after they struggled to conceive naturally. The British writer is ...

George Orwell ’s son has expressed concern over some of his late father’s work. Richard Blair, 80, was adopted by Orwell and his wife after they struggled to conceive naturally. The British writer is ...