A comparison between Josef Goebbels' intentions, as shown by some of his diary entries, and George Orwell's extrapolation of wartime propaganda through newsreels, looking at the atrocities in Orwell's fictional account with the actual events described by Goebbels. For nearly half a century, from the 1920s to the 1970s, much of the world got…Read more Dr Goebbels’ Newsreels
After much research, enormous effort and long labour David Ryan's George Orwell On Screen is now available. Published by McFarland, it has an introduction by A L Kennedy, who delivered the Orwell Lecture in 2017. * * Among the subjects covered, in chronological order, in George Orwell On Screen are adaptations, documentaries and docudramas on…Read more Orwell on Screen
Ruth Pitter's name appears in the biographies of George Orwell as the Southwold friend who found him lodgings in London, when the would-be writer decided to place himself closer to the contacts and possible contracts that would make life as writer possible. * Ruth Pitter was born in 1897 and had been a friend of…Read more Ruth Pitter
As we approach Banned Books Week 2018 we consider George Orwell and his struggle against oppression and silence. That took the form of essays such as "The Prevention of Literature", and more practical efforts. It is thought that the only organisation in which George Orwell took a organising role was the Freedom Defence Committee. Steve…Read more Orwell and Freedom
The Orwell Society is pleased to announce that George Orwell's personal archive has been added to the UNESCO register. The archive is held at University College London. Image from the Orwell Archive George Orwell’s personal archive added to UNESCO register (on the UCL website; 19th September 2018) UCL Press Release For immediate release George Orwell’s…Read more UNESCO Register
Quentin Kopp, Orwell Society Events Secretary, and son of George Orwell's commander in Spain Georges Kopp, reports on September's events in Wigan and Manchester to celebrate the launch of the Wigan Pier 80 Project web-site. The Wigan Pier Project Launch Events September 9th & 11th Background Ros Wynne-Jones and her colleague Claire Donnelly have…Read more Project Launches
First winner of Orwell Society Journalism Bursary announced Peter Chappell, a recent Cambridge University graduate, is the first winner of The Orwell Society’s £1,500 bursary for journalism students. Peter starts his postgraduate newspaper course at City, University of London, on 17 September. The bursaries were open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in the UK. Applicants…Read more 2018 Bursary Awarded
