Richard Lance Keeble reviews Sur Les Traces de George Orwell, by Adrien Jaulmes (Paris, Editions de Équateurs, 2019) * Adrien Jaulmes, chief reporter at Le Figaro and award-winning war correspondent, bases his new book on a great journalistic idea: retrace the steps of George Orwell across the globe (at Eton, in Burma, in Paris, amongst…Read more Retracing the Steps of George Orwell
Teacher-in-School Pilot Bursary
Scheme launches to promote Orwell studies * November 29 2019 The Orwell Society is to embark on a pioneering new project to educate young people about the life and works of George Orwell through a Teacher-in-School Bursary worth £1,250. Having received and judged applications from prospective bursary applicants, the Society selected teachers from schools in…Read more Teacher-in-School Pilot Bursary
Student Bursary 2020
The Orwell Society offering £3,000 Journalism Bursary for 2020-21 The Orwell Society is a charity which aims to promote understanding of the life and works of George Orwell. Orwell's novels, essays and journalism continue to offer inspiration and insights to many people. This is clear from the increasing attention paid to his work throughout the…Read more Student Bursary 2020
George Orwell Studies
Journal packed with Orwellian insights Orwell is the most important writer since Shakespeare and the most influential writer who has ever lived. So argued John Rodden in his keynote speech to the UCL conference on Orwell earlier this year – which is carried in the forthcoming bumper issue of George Orwell Studies. Guest-edited by Sarah…Read more George Orwell Studies
Recent Publications
November 2019 On Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Biography by D.J. Taylor "... Taylor elucidates the environmental influences on the book. Then he examines 1984’s post-publication life, including its role as a tool to understand our language, politics, and government." Orwell Reconsidered by Stephen Ingle "This book will be of significant interest to students and other…Read more Recent Publications
Winston Smith Arrives in Valhalla
by Carol Biederstadt "And terrifying it truly is" * In these disquieting times, Americans have become almost morbidly fascinated with George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Allusions to Orwell and the dystopian world he created have become ubiquitous in today’s polarized political climate, bandied about by newscasters and pundits and transmitted through our telescreens with alarming…Read more Winston Smith Arrives in Valhalla
Toftcombs House 2019
It was a bright, cold day in October and the clocks were striking 13:00 when the first guests arrived at the luxuriously-appointed house Toftcombs, by bucolic Borders Biggar, for a meeting of the Orwell Society. (Photograph by Quentin Kopp) Quentin and Liz Kopp, indefatigable hosts, were already there. Quentin’s father Georges Kopp and his…Read more Toftcombs House 2019
