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‘Untangling the complicated narrative that was Orwell’s life’: Life with my Father, George Orwell review

Richard Blair spent the first six years of his life in the company of one of the world’s most influential writers: his father, George Orwell. In his appearance at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Blair discusses his father, pivoting around the milestones of his life and illustrating them with his own memories and reflections of […]

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1984: Far-fetched Fiction or Terrifying Reality?

George Orwell’s famed dystopian novel, 1984, has long held a spot as a modern classic, often cited as a go-to read for high-school English classes around the world since its publication in 1949. However, Orwell’s famous novel has recently seen an increase in demand, with reports of it being sold out on American Amazon at […]