To commemorate the renewal of the plaque on Montague House, High Street, Southwold, the family home of the Blair family ('George Orwell' was Eric Arthur Blair) until World War II forced a relocation for war-work, the Orwell Society and its friends made a journey from Wallington in Hertfordshire (where Orwell and Eileen, his first…Read more Southwold Plaque Renewed
The Orwell Society's presentation, on long-term loan, of the library of Orwell scholar Professor Peter Davison coincided with Richard Blair's unveiling of a plaque commemorating his father's use of Wigan Reference Library (now within the Museum of Wigan Life). This will make Wigan one of the leading centres for Orwell studies in the United…Read more Wigan Library Presentation
L. J. Hurst asks How was the work of George Orwell presented and then read during his lifetime? And suggests that an examination of a magazine in which Orwell's work appeared helps answer the question. * * How was the work of George Orwell presented and then read during his lifetime? Much of it appeared…Read more Rediscovery Re-Viewed
Quentin Kopp, Events Secretary of the Orwell Society, and co-organiser of 2017's anniversary celebrations of the publication of George Orwell's The Road To Wigan Pier, now reports on the musical Beyond Wigan Pier, which has premiered in Wigan. We are pleased to be able to give you two poems by Terry Burtonwood, heard as…Read more Reporting Beyond Wigan Pier
Oscar Clarke last contributed to our website with his essay "Orwell's Battle With The Intelligentsia", a study of the the Left Book Club in the light of a re-launch of the same. Now he considers Orwell's war-time work, best-known through its initial essay "England Your England", The Lion and the Unicorn. "... elements of…Read more England Against Totalitarianism
Three Orwell Relatives Speak Out About the Importance of Eileen The third is Richard Blair Sylvia Topp’s minutely researched biography of my mother, Eileen Blair, has been long overdue. Here was a woman whose influence over one of the great writers of the twentieth century has been overlooked, for reasons that are difficult to understand.…Read more Why Eileen Matters (III)
Three Orwell Relatives Speak Out About the Importance of Eileen The second is Quentin Kopp My family is closely connected to Eileen through her brother’s marriage to my Aunt, Dr. Gwen (Hunton) O’Shaughnessy. There have been many wonderful biographies of Orwell. There is a common feature of them all, which is that they have paid…Read more Why Eileen Matters (II)
