George Orwell, the inventor of the Ministry of Love and Room 101 in “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” was married for the second time in Room 65 of University College Hospital in London. His sickbed was not far ...

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June, 1903 – 21 January, 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting ...

The current political climate in the world today has me thinking about the books of George Orwell, especially Nineteen Eighty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Actor Matt Smith, who starred as Doctor Who, has narrated ...

Dorian Lynskey is the author of several books, including The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell’s 1984 and Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World. He cohosts ...

Essayist, cultural critic and activist Rebecca Solnit’s two-dozen-plus books have wandered all over the map: paeans to walking and roaming off course (“Wanderlust” and “A Field Guide to Getting Lost”) ...

Jeffrey Meyers' new biography of George Orwell, born Eric Blair (1893-1950), disproves Orwell's versification of his own fate. Orwell did quite well, thank you, in preaching upon eternal doom. He was ...

Two classic novels by George Orwell have been translated into Welsh for the first time. Animal Farm, a 1945 political ...