Think of a Trump rally. If you need help conjuring up the unpleasant picture, here’s a handy definition given by Urban Dictionary: A large group of brainwashed fanatics that will… Read more »

Earlier this year, we wrote about repeated attempts by the Tennessee House of Representatives to pass a bill making the Bible the state’s “official book,” whatever that means. While the… Read more »

Thursday, no two ways about it, is one of the slow days. With the week no longer young, and the promise of Friday still hanging elusively around the bend of… Read more »

In 1943, the British journalist and novelist George Orwell wrote one of the more memorable resignation letters of the twentieth century. Orwell had been working for the BBC for two years… Read more »

Amazon has always had a complicated relationship with George Orwell. As we’ve reported before, the online retailer has misquoted Orwell, tried to claim him as its own, and made a… Read more »

There was the Internet bubble, the housing bubble, and now, maybe, the rare book bubble. Amelia Murray reports for The Telegraph that the value of rare, first edition books has… Read more »

Last month, despite apparent reservations, The Orwell Society decided to publish a slim volume of 42 little-known poems written by George Orwell. The poems were written over a 35-year span, from… Read more »

Topics discussed: mozzarella sticks, Nick During, incompetence, silliness, fear, Martin Amis, Facebook comments, George Orwell, the New York Review of Books, Charlie Hebdo, Henry Green, the Nobel Prize, John Banville, Tomas Tranströmer, Karl Ove… Read more »

In 1933, George Orwell’s now canonical memoir Down and Out in Paris and London was published, documenting his vivid recollections of living among the poor and destitute. But suspicions of… Read more »

A Cairo University student was arrested last weekend, and rumors immediately began to circulate that his possession of a copy of 1984 by George Orwell was a big part of… Read more »