by Liam Hunt Liam (William) Hunt has previously written on George Orwell and his time in Burma for The Orwell Society. Here, writing in a personal capacity, and arguing that "George Orwell may not have fully understood the Catalans, though he admired them", he discusses the historic situation in Catalonia and Spain. …Read more Ghosts and Ballots
Richard Lance Keeble writes about Sebastian Faulks on Winston Smith: ‘a new kind of hero’ An interesting study of Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Winston Smith appears in Sebastian Faulk’s Great British Characters and the Secret Life of the Novel (BBC Books 2011). He writes (p. 72-73): Everything is set up to make you think that Winston…Read more “A New Kind of Hero”
The son of a police officer opens his former home as social housing in the twenty-first century. A place that once offered shelter of a very different kind. The Oban Times and its correspondent Hugh Smith recently reported that the former police station in Port Ellen has been brought back into use…Read more A Night In, 1946
Desmond Avery Considers the importance of a friend to George Orwell There were three Richards in George Orwell’s life: the father, Richard Walmsley Blair (1857-1939); the son, Richard Horatio Blair (born in 1944); and the loyal friend, Sir Richard Lodowick Edward Montagu Rees (1900-1970). Rees plays a modest role in Orwell biographies,…Read more The Third Richard
Comparison of Hangings England and Burma by Number During George Orwell’s service in the Indian Imperial Police Year Burma Crick (1) Burma Rai (2) England (3) 1923 116 59 18 1924 145 71 17 1925 162 84 10 1926 ? 136 17 1927 191 144 8 Yearly Average 99 14 Population 1920 8 million…Read more Hanging by Numbers
We offer two indices of the Articles and Reviews on the Orwell Society website. Articles are organised by author, Reviews are listed in reverse chronological order as far as possible or human frailty allows. Articles Reviews We have recently performed an exercise to ensure that both pages are up to date. We are…Read more Find Articles and Reviews
