Michael Bully's recent post on his World War 2 poetry blog, recalls both a poetic response to the hellish visions of area bombing, and to the contention between Vera Brittain and George Orwell over that strategy. Michael Bully refers to Richard Westward's article 'Vera Brittain versus George Orwell', originally published in Tribune and now available…Read more Cologne, Brittain, Orwell, Recalled
British Pamphleteers – A New Discovery
Our article on British Pamphleteers, the two-volume project on which George Orwell worked with his friend Reginald Reynolds, has been updated. It was thought that George Orwell made only general suggestions towards Volume Two, due to the collapse in his health, but Orwell Society member Richard Young has identified a proof title page showing that…Read more British Pamphleteers – A New Discovery
1984 at the Versus Teatre in Barcelona, Spain
by Carol Biederstadt "What makes this play so utterly convincing, however, are the first-rate performances of the entire cast" 1984 runs in Barcelona until June 11th 2017 Booking Details Here It was 80 years ago that George Orwell arrived in Barcelona to take up arms against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War, serving…Read more 1984 at the Versus Teatre in Barcelona, Spain
Why Did Orwell Go To Burma?
Liam Hunt re-visits the Buddicom Thesis Jacintha Buddicom was a close childhood friend of the future George Orwell, whom she knew as Eric Blair. They first met in 1914, when Jacintha was thirteen and Eric eleven. Over the next eight years Jacintha and her siblings Prosper and Guinever saw a lot of Eric during their…Read more Why Did Orwell Go To Burma?
The Incredible Convergence of Quintin Hogg and George Orwell 1943
George Orwell’s last column for the New Statesman was his January 9th 1943 review of pamphlet literature. It has been popular reading since Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus made it available again in the Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters. We are more fortunate today that we can read it as it appeared, since the British…Read more The Incredible Convergence of Quintin Hogg and George Orwell 1943
1984 Live : Tuesday 6th June 2017
The UK’s first ever live start-to-finish reading of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four on Tuesday 6th June 2017, 9am until 10pm at Senate House, London WC1E 7HU. Actors, writers, politicians, journalists, academics and members of the public will read the book over the course of a single day, two days before the UK General…Read more 1984 Live : Tuesday 6th June 2017
Teaching Orwell: George Orwell Studies Conference 2017
A Message from Professor Tim Crook Teaching Orwell Conference Friday 2nd June 2017 Brochure 10 a.m. Conference opened by Professor Richard Keeble, distinguished Orwell scholar and Chair of the Orwell Society and Professor Mark D’Inverno, Pro-Warden for International Engagement at the University at Goldsmiths, University of London and Professor of Computer Science. 10.10. Keynote.…Read more Teaching Orwell: George Orwell Studies Conference 2017
