George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell audiobook review – a starry cast drive this powerful dramatisation

Tom Hardy, Cynthia Erivo and Andrew Scott conjure menace and melodrama in this 75th-anniversary remake of Orwell’s classic

Fiona Sturges

19, Apr, 2024 @11:00 AM

The best theatre to stream this month: Jekyll & Hyde, Daniel Kitson’s Tree and more

Forbes Masson stars in Gary McNair’s version of the gothic novella, Tim Key joins Kitson in an Old Vic two-hander and Jason Manford celebrates all musicals great and small

Chris Wiegand

01, Apr, 2024 @5:00 AM

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – how Eric Blair became George Orwell

The evils of empire are brought to life in this fascinating imagining of Orwell’s days as a colonial policeman, but the perspective of Burmese people is sidelined

Lara Feigel

28, Feb, 2024 @9:00 AM

Wifedom by Anna Funder audiobook review – the first Mrs Orwell

The Australian writer explores the Nineteen Eighty-Four author’s treatment of women in an empathetic biography of his first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy

Fiona Sturges

23, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM

Animal Farm review – Orwell’s unsettling allegory still resonates in the age of Trump, Johnson and Sunak

Iqbal Khan’s production lays bare the uncomfortable parallels between a mid-20th century Soviet Union and today’s marauding politicians

Mark Fisher

14, Feb, 2024 @12:24 PM

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – George Orwell’s Burmese days vibrantly brought to life

The US writer’s fictionalised portrait of the young Eric Blair’s time with the imperial police in Burma is a keenly felt and vividly researched account of colonial bigotry and power

Tim Adams

12, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

Sadistic and misogynistic? Row erupts over sex claims in book about George Orwell’s marriage

Author of acclaimed biography Wifedom hits back at critics who say book casts Orwell in an unfairly negative light

Richard Brooks

11, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

David Shrigley turns 6,000 The Da Vinci Code novels into Nineteen Eighty-Four

Artist creates new edition of Orwell classic after Swansea charity shop had its fill of Dan Brown bestseller

Mark Brown

26, Oct, 2023 @11:21 AM

The top 10 allegories in fiction, from Plato to Kafka

Authors from Jonathan Swift to NoViolet Bulawayo show how much can be done with what might sound a narrow form – and how much fun can be had with it

Adam Biles

18, Oct, 2023 @11:00 AM

Julia by Sandra Newman review – a new Nineteen Eighty-Four

This ambitious retelling from Julia’s point of view gives Winston Smith’s lover the agency she lacked

Natasha Walter

18, Oct, 2023 @6:30 AM

Orwellian nightmares: What I learned about today’s rage culture from rewriting 1984

‘Orwellian’ is an accusation increasingly levelled by both right and left but what does it mean, asks author Sandra Newman, who has reimagined Orwell’s novel – and why does Orwell’s dystopian classic speak so powerfully to our current moment?

Sandra Newman

07, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM

Beasts of England by Adam Biles review – Animal Farm for the post-Brexit era

This lively sequel to Orwell’s farmyard satire skewers the dysfunction of the past decade, from sleaze and xenophobia to the pandemic and fake news

Patrick McGuinness

13, Sep, 2023 @8:00 AM

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