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
George Orwell at the BBC in 1942 by Desmond Avery (Wellingore: Garth Press 2017) ISBN-13: 9781999730703 It could be an encounter, it could be education, it could be employment. Something in a life changes it. George Orwell wrote for ten years before the Second World War, and five years after but the power of his…Read more Review: Orwell at the BBC 1942
The Orwell Society has a simple but effective way of connecting the world to George Orwell: the Barnhill Slate. Each slate bears a piece of the tiled roof under which Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four and bears an image of the house, Barnhill, and an inscription. The Society recognises those who have made a contribution…Read more From Barnhill to La Granja
In August 2017 Orwell Society member Carol Biederstadt left her home in the USA to join her fellow members in their visit to the Old Red Lion Theatre's performance of Mrs Orwell. Chance meant that she found more of George Orwell in London than she expected. No London Orwell pilgrimage would be complete without…Read more Railing Against the Railings
An interview on KPFA with Orwell Society member Dr Philip Bounds. George Orwell's essay "Charles Dickens" begins by comparing the attitudes to Charles Dickens of the conservative Catholic G. K. Chesterton with those of the Marxist critic T. A. Jackson. Chesterton's name remains well-known if only through the adaptations of his Father Brown stories, though…Read more Jackson, Dickens and Orwell
Mrs Orwell, by Tony Cox: Old Red Lion, London, directed by Jimmy Walters ' ... a totally unforgettable experience ...' The reviews (Guardian, The Stage etc) of Mrs Orwell have generally been very kind. Certainly the actors are all excellent and it makes for a very entertaining theatrical experience. Peter Hamilton Dyer,…Read more Mrs Orwell – A Review and a View
