In the new documentary “Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5,” filmmaker Raoul Peck explores the writer George Orwell’s life and how his experiences informed his ideas and his writing. The film intersperses clips from ...

It is undoubted that George Orwell is one of the most important political writers of the 20th century. Labelling him a political writer reflects how deeply his life and works were influenced by the ...

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his ...

George Orwell's quote highlights the difficulty of recognizing obvious truths obscured by habits and power. He believed ...

Orwell wrote an autobiographical essay, Why I Write, in 1946, in which he pointed out four reasons why writers write. The ...

Is art replicating life when it comes to Orwell’s most influential novel? Emrah Atasoy and Jeffrey Wasserstrom investigate ...