A collection of 8 posts
More than a century after it was first published, ‘If It Die’—Gide’s shockingly candid account of his childhood and sexual awakening—remains a gripping read.
Had he lived long enough to witness the fruits of liberal capitalism, perhaps Orwell would finally have accepted the failure of socialism.
Reflections on the Western Left’s fragmented ideology.
The continued relevance of George Orwell’s landmark 1946 essay.
Orwell represents one of those strange cases where a writer’s reputation predominantly rests, if not on his worst, then certainly his least typical book.
Bowie’s album beautifully captures the essential romance in the story.
Richard Bradford, author of Orwell: A Man of Our Time, talks to Toby Young about why Orwell still has a great deal to teach us 70 years after his death. You can read Richard’s recent piece about how Orwell anticipated both Brexit and Boris Johnson’s election victory in
The next three months, between now and October 31st, will reveal whether that was a historical premonition or a sophomoric illusion.