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The 1963 US stage play of Orwell's 1984, intended for schools and amateur dramatics groups. Rather than lounge around in the buff like John Hurt and Suzanna Hamilton, Winston and Julia marry in a prole church in act two, with O'Brien's help.

"In the margins, you can see his mind working: crossed-out lines, rewritten phrases, even entire paragraphs restructured." borderbooks.co.uk/index.php/2025…

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Tomorrow! Join us at University College London 👇 orwellfestival.co.uk/booking/p/china

ICYMI, the shortlists for this year's The Orwell Prize have been announced. Here's the shortlist for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing (for a nonfiction book). fivebooks.com/best-books/the…

Newly acquired letters between George Orwell and his original publisher reveal the political insight behind his early writing. The letters are now being preserved at @UCL with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Friends of the Nations' Libraries (FNL). bit.ly/3FsaciD

"Beevor tells a different story. And so, it turns out, does Orwell" expatmadrid.com/homage-to-cata…

May need some work. Can be helped to be understood by reading about Tom Phillips 'treated novel' A Humument. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Humument

Oslo, 1937. Demonstration demanding "more effective aid for Spain". Smaller banner to left is calling for boycott of fish sales/trade to Franco's Spain. I have a Norwegian herring tin found in Republican trench on Ebro front, just possibly from food aid from Norway trade unions

Upcoming book festivals in June from the UK\Ireland #bookfestival list. Full list at: alanjonesbooks.co.uk/festival_list.… 12-27 Orwell Festival of Political Writing The Orwell Prize orwellfestival.co.uk

Born #OTD May 29th 1874. "Chesterton is at his best when he writes about Dickens. He has this in common with Dickens, too, that however much one may disagree with him... one cannot help liking him..." (Orwell, 1933) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Che…

The Paps of Jura, as seen from the Islay ferry. Barnhill, on the northern tip of Jura, is where a dying George Orwell wrote the bulk of Nineteen Eighty-Four.

"As the narrative proceeds, the theme of power crystallizes through Winston's descent. O'Brien, revealed as the regime's instrument, embodies the cold logic of authoritarianism." sciencefictionclassics.com/obedience-and-…

With immigration yet again a defining issue in UK politics, can we still tell a national story that speaks across political & ideological divides? Join Sunder Katwala, Nicola Kelly & Tariq Modood at UCL next week for the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Conversation. Free event, link below 👇

‘Peter Hujar at Raven Row: Washing Away the Stink of Sadness’ by Sunny Sunday is the Runner-Up in the Review Category of the 2025 Orwell Society /NUJ Young Journalist Awards. orwellsociety.com/bursary/2025-r… This post is the 3rd of a series of the winners and runners-up in 2025

"All effective speakers in recent times have had either cockney or provincial accents. The success of Priestley’s broadcasts in 1940 was largely due to his Yorkshire accent, which he probably broadened a little for the occasion." (George Orwell, 1944)

You might want to read about Mr Jones, Mr Blair and Mrs Orwell. orwellsociety.com/mr-jones-mr-bl… On Orwell Society website.

‘Reading The Light‘ by Joshua Shortman is the Runner-Up in the Column Category of the 2025 Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalists Awards. orwellsociety.com/bursary/2025-r… This post is the fourth of a series of the winners and runners-up in 2025. Congratulations to all.

Young Journalists Awards 2025 from Orwell Society and NUJ orwellsociety.com/charitable-awa… Our thanks to our judges, Dr Jaron Murphy (Chair), Bea Bennett, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Tam Hussein, Dorian Lynskey and Hardeep Matharu. 2026 details later this year on OS website.

"Now that brutal situations of inequality, injustice, violence, war and death have been normalized, we would do well to win back Orwell, his commitment to democracy and freedom."