While it is hard to quantify the program’s effect in absolute terms, its history offers valuable lessons for today, not least ...

Orwell’s novel is not a particularly comforting tale but one that helps us to understand ourselves better today. “Those who ...

So you haven't read Animal Farm by George Orwell? Well, get ready for a highly political propaganda-filled thriller... about ...

Orwell's novel “1984”, written in 1949, predicted a dystopia where language, memory, and truth were controlled by the state.

Written by visionary George Orwell, "Animal Farm," a political fable still studied all over the world, was published on this day in history, Aug. 17, 1945.

George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison, intro. by Christopher Hitchens. Norton/Liveright, $39.95 (608p) ISBN 978-0-871-40410-7 Reviewed by David Brooks. George Orwell has become a literary saint ...

There may be no one who can say "I told you so" better than George Orwell, who was born today, June 25th in 1903. In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author ...

He could tell the truth. Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell with a new introduction by Jeremy Paxman, Penguin Classics, £9.99. This article was first published in 2009 ...

Harlem’s Maysles Documentary Center is giving recognition to three of this year’s top nonfiction films with Oscar potential – Orwell: 2+2=5 from director Raoul Peck, The Perfect Neighbor directed by ...

There is much to be learned from George Orwell’s classic novel “1984,” written in 1949, which has suddenly jumped again to the top of bestseller lists. It’s no wonder — in today’s political world of ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History rolled back an exhibit on presidential impeachments to 2008 earlier this month, removing elements that referenced the two proceedings against ...