You should watch this before Big Brother makes you, writes Mary Cox.

Sometimes, a film about the past can tell us a lot about the present. That's the case with Raoul Peck's "Orwell: 2+2=5," the ...

This cover image released by Viking shows "Orwell's Roses" by Rebecca Solnit. (Viking via AP) “Orwell’s Roses,” by Rebecca Solnit (Viking) Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, George Orwell ...

Perpetual war. Authoritarian leaders. Mass surveillance. Alternative facts. Back in 1949, when George Orwell published “1984,” this was the dystopian future he imagined. Now, it seems like Orwell wasn ...

Any aspiring revolutionist likely feels some consternation when reading “Animal Farm.” The animals of George Orwell’s ...

A new book sheds light on Winston Churchill and George Orwell’s separate battles for a common cause: individual liberty. The journalist and historian, Thomas E. Ricks, has written an accessible and ...

When George Orwell penned his now-famous dystopian novel, “1984” — released 67 years ago in June 1949 — it was intended as fiction. The futuristic setting is more than three decades in our rearview ...

It’s a source of no small irony to read George Orwell’s essays in the closing days of this election season -- although not for the reasons one might expect. Sure, there have been plenty of Orwellian ...

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I was reminded of this fact last week when we started a book club here at gyro London. First out of the hat was Slaughterhouse 5. A happy choice, because Kurt Vonnegut is a great example of how to ...

The eye on the coin does not have lashes and is designed to resemble a camera lens. Royal Mint The United Kingdom’s Royal Mint is releasing a new coin honoring George Orwell on the 75th anniversary of ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Suzannah Lessard ORWELL’S ROSES By Rebecca Solnit Essayist that she is, Rebecca Solnit pursues ...