What would George Orwell think of the modern world?

I honestly don't know. Many political commentators seem to think that 1984 is saying, all surveillance is bad. That is a rather simplistic interpretation of the book. The 1984 and other works of George Orwell (such as Animal Farm), comments on the erosion of freedom by oppressive regimes. read more

I honestly don’t know. Many political commentators seem to think that 1984 is saying, all surveillance is bad. That is a rather simplistic interpretation of the book. read more

Sketches of George Orwell by Ralph Steadman. Later, Steadman emails over one of his illustrations of Orwell. Steadman has put the writer in his own Room 101, his own private hell: a cage full of rats is wrapped around his neck. read more