Launch 2012, ‘Writing the Riots’
02 November 2011
The Orwell Prize 2012 will open for entries on Wednesday 9th November following a debate about ‘Writing the Riots’ at the Frontline Club in London. Artistic director of the Tricycle Theatre Nicolas Kent, previously shortlisted journalists Paul Lewis … find out more
Poverty and Political Blogging – Videos from Cheltenham
21 October 2011
We thoroughly enjoyed holding events at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival for the first time – and we hope that, via video, you enjoy them too. You can watch our ‘Victorian Values’ debate, with social historian Jose Harris, author of Chavs … find out more
Orwell, Raffles and Gulliver
14 October 2011
We’re very pleased to bring you two new Orwell essays this week. First up is ‘Raffles and Miss Blandish’, first published in October 1944. In it, Orwell compares the crime stories featuring gentleman thief Raffles from the early 20th Century with t… find out more
One week to Cheltenham
07 October 2011
Next weekend, the Orwell Prize will be at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival for the first time. On Saturday 15th October at 10am, we’ll be discussing ‘Victorian Values’, and how the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor have returned t… find out more
Orwell on Tramping
30 September 2011
With the final entry of Orwell’s Hop-Picking diary being published shortly, we’ve just added some more of Orwell’s writing on tramping to our website. ‘A Day in the Life of a Tramp’ was written by Orwell in 1929. Signed ‘Eric Blair’, it wa… find out more
The Orwell Prize and Johann Hari
29 September 2011
UPDATED Johann Hari has contacted the Prize and offered to repay the Prize money. Political Quarterly, one of the partners in running the Prize and the partner responsible for paying the prize money that year, has decided not to pursue the prize money, bu… find out more
Report on Johann Hari
27 September 2011
The Orwell Prize has made what it hopes to be a final statement on Johann Hari and the Journalism Prize 2008. The statement sets out, briefly, the sequence of events over the summer and clarifies the Prize’s position. Orwell Prize at The Times Cheltenh… find out more
Johann Hari returns Orwell Prize
16 September 2011
Johann Hari, who was awarded the Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008, has returned the Prize. This followed allegations about Hari’s journalism, and the completion of an investigation by The Independent. The Orwell Prize accepted Hari’s withdrawal in a… find out more
Press Statement: The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008
14 September 2011
The 2008 Orwell Prize for Journalism, which had been awarded to Johann Hari, was returned this afternoon by courier. The Orwell Prize accepts Hari’s withdrawal. ENDS … find out more
Orwell in Defence of P. G. Wodehouse
02 September 2011
The British author P. G. Wodehouse, best known for his Jeeves and Wooster stories, was in the news recently with the release of his MI5 files. A contemporary of Orwell’s, Wodehouse was interned by the Nazis in 1941 and controversially broadcast from Naz… find out more