George Orwell

Our 20th Year

A video looking back on what we've done in our 20th anniversary year Watch here

Our 2013 winners were announced on 15th May See them here

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June 14, 2013

The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing, is supported by the Media Read more

June 27, 2013

Discussion: Dystopian Visions of the Future
International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY

The Burgess Foundation and the Orwell Prize present a special event looking at dystopian visions Read more

November 15, 1941

Church bells rung this morning – in celebration of the victory in Egypt. [1] The first time that I have heard them in Read more

March 25, 1936

Men along the private line leading to Gauber pit unloading trucks of slack. They say the mine “can’t get shut o’ t Read more

October 8, 1931

Ginger and I went to kip in Tooley Street, owned by Lew Levy who owns the one in Westminster Bridge Road. It is only sev Read more