The Sporting Spirit
10 August 2012
The London 2012 Olympic games has dominated all UK media outlets for the last fortnight. At the time of writing a Journalisted search reveals that since the opening ceremony there have been 6,427 articles published in the national press. We know from lett… find out more
Rangers Tax-Case on writing politics
03 August 2012
This is a guestpost from Rangers Tax-Case, winner of the Orwell Prize for Blogs 2012 Much has been written recently about the crisis facing political writing. Most of the discussion has centred on the always seemingly imminent death of the newspaper and … find out more
Buxton video
27 July 2012
You can now watch a video (filmed on the Media Standard Trust's brand new camera) of our fantastic debate at Buxton Festival, ‘Orwell vs. Kipling; who was the greater writer’, on our website and YouTube channel. We were lucky enough to have the wond… find out more
Orwell’s Kitchener poem
20 July 2012
This week we have added a piece written by Eric Blair to our website. The poem was published by the Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard on 21st July 1916 by a thirteen-year-old who was one day to become George Orwell. Entitled Kitchener the piece is … find out more
Orwell the book reviewer
13 July 2012
A guest post by Paul Anderson One of the funniest of George Orwell’s many columns for the left-wing weekly Tribune is 'Confessions of a book reviewer', published on 3 May 1946, with its dismal depiction of the procrastinating writer struggling to churn… find out more
Buxton Festival and The Orwell Prize
06 July 2012
This newsletter was written by Olivia De Raadt-St. James Tucked away in Derbyshire’s Peak District, the bustling market town of Buxton annually celebrates art. In two weeks, the area will observe its 34th annual Buxton Festival – a nineteen day event… find out more
Happy Birthday to George
29 June 2012
George Orwell was born as Eric Blair on 25th June 1903 so Monday could have been his 109th birthday. We had lots of tweets on what people were reading to celebrate and the most prominent were; Nineteen Eighty Four, Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalon… find out more
Burmese Days
22 June 2012
This week Myanmar democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi became the first non-head of state to address both houses of Britain's parliament. "We have an opportunity to re-establish true democracy in Burma. It is an opportunity for… find out more
Coming Up for Air
15 June 2012
This week we celebrated the publication anniversary of Orwell's novel Coming Up for Air. Written in 1938 and first published on 12th June 1939, Coming Up for Air is a story of a man's journey home to the setting of his childhood. Imminent war, nostalgia a… find out more
Dickens and O’Shaughnessy
08 June 2012
Tomorrow it will be 142 years since Charles Dickens died. Two centuries since his death Dickens is still much loved for his great contribution to classic English literature. It is thought by many that he was the quintessential Victorian author. Dickens is… find out more