Orwell’s Hop-Picking Diary Blog
26 August 2011
We’re publishing George Orwell’s hop-picking diary, from August to October 1931, as a blog at http://hoppicking.wordpress.com. Each diary entry will be published as a blogpost, 80 years to the day after it was originally written. The blog joins our ot… find out more
Orwell Prize to Blog Orwell’s Hop-Picking Diary
24 August 2011
Each entry to be posted 80 years to the day after it was written Prize’s final diary project, after success of 1938-42 diaries and The Road to Wigan Pier diary The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing, launches its … find out more
At the Cheltenham Literature Festival
19 August 2011
The Orwell Prize is delighted to be organising some events at the wonderful Cheltenham Literature Festival for the first time this October. We’ll be holding at least two events. The first (on Saturday, 15th October at 10am), ‘Victorian Values’, has… find out more
Orwell on Hop-picking
12 August 2011
Hop-picking was long a late-summer tradition, with London workers heading to more rural counties like Kent to pick hops (a key ingredient of beer). In 1931, Orwell made the trip to Kent. His experiences appeared in his novel, A Clergyman’s Daughter, bu… find out more
Buxton Festival video
05 August 2011
You can now watch video of our debate at the Buxton Festival, ‘is politics corrupted by corrupted language?’, on our website and YouTube channel. The line-up was slightly different from that advertised, with journalists Colette Douglas-Home (columnis… find out more
Statement on Council of the Orwell Prize meeting about Johann Hari
25 July 2011
The Council of the Orwell Prize met on Thursday 21st July to consider Johann Hari’s 2008 submission for the journalism prize. After extensive deliberation, the Council arrived at a clear and unanimous decision, which drew from the combined journalistic… find out more
Update on Orwell Prize Investigation into Johann Hari
15 July 2011
Following enquiries from the press and the public, we felt we should issue a statement on the progress of our investigation into Johann Hari’s Orwell Prize win. Since our previous statement (issued on 30 June), we have been in constant correspondence w… find out more
Buxton Festival Next Wednesday
08 July 2011
A quick reminder that we’ll be at the Buxton Festival next Wednesday, asking the question ‘is politics corrupted by corrupted language?’, at 10.30am. Tickets are available from the Festival website. The event is being held in the 65th anniversary … find out more
Orwell Prize statement on Johann Hari
30 June 2011
The Orwell Prize became aware of allegations concerning Johann Hari, the winner of the Orwell Prize for Journalism 2008, on Monday 27th June. (Johann Hari has also been shortlisted for the Prize in the past, and entered this year’s Prize.) Given the ser… find out more
Happy Birthday, George!
24 June 2011
George Orwell was born on 25th June 1903, so tomorrow (Saturday) would have been his 108th birthday. You could celebrate with a birthday cake – perhaps made from one of Orwell’s own recipes. His unpublished 1946 essay, ‘British Cookery’, features… find out more