In his introduction to a volume of George Orwell's diaries, the late Christopher Hitchens dissected one of the 20th century's finest political minds. read more
George Orwell was an intellectual man of action, a bit like one of Hitchens other heroes Leon Trotsky. Orwell was a principled socialist who nonetheless remained critical of of the Soviet Union at a time when much of the Left in Britain were Stalinists. They were both literary critics with somewhat conservative tastes in spite of their politics. read more
In his introduction to a volume of George Orwell’s diaries, the late Christopher Hitchens dissected one of the 20th century’s finest political minds. read more