George Orwell was the most influential British writer since 1945. Many of his neologisms – such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought Police’, ‘Room 101’, ‘Newspeak’, ‘memory hole’, ‘doublethink’ and ...

75 years on, here’s all the ways the 1984 author’s legacy has been abused Seventy-five years after his death on January 21 1950, George Orwell is still ... you – often get wrong about Orwell, his life ...

writing articles, reviews and books. The author grew up in Oxfordshire's Henley-on-Thames and Shiplake, and is buried in Sutton Courtenay. George Orwell grew up in Henley-on-Thames and Shiplake ...

I was suddenly struck by the phrase “George Orwell was right,” referring to his seminal novel “1984.” So, I Googled to see if anyone else had the same idea and, if so, what they had to say.

George Orwell’s political thinking was dramatically ... the treatment he undertook for it almost certainly influenced his writing. He was confined to bed in a sanatorium and prohibited from ...

What George Orwell feared were those who would ban books ... in his journalistic writing and in his personal politics. If he ...

George Orwell is commemorated on the 75th anniversary of his death with a series of coins from the Royal Mint in several ...

George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, will be celebrated on a new £2 coin design. Released to mark 75 years since the author’s death, the reverse or tails design of the Royal Mint coin ...

George Orwell, renowned for his novels '1984' and ... paying tribute to one of the most world-renowned authors of the 20th century." Writing under the pen name of Orwell, Eric Blair, an esteemed ...

A new £2 coin will commemorate the life and work of writer George Orwell ... which was central to Orwell's writing, and it will be available to buy from Wednesday. The inscription "Big Brother ...