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Dione Venables has complied an anthology of George Orwell’s poetry, titled George Orwell: The Complete Poetry, published this month. Here, she writes exclusively for The Orwell Prize about Orwell’s poetry and why she engaged in the project. Fools Rush In… Dione Venables Having read Keep The Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell, and so enjoyed the way he created a... Read more » The post Fools Rush…
6 Books, journalists, and pieces of social reporting announced for the Orwell Prize Shortlist Three first-time writers on Book Prize shortlist: Louisa Lim on China, Rana Dasgupta on Delhi, and Dan Davies’ book on Jimmy Savile In Plain Sight Journalism Prize shortlist features reporting and comment on a range of issues, from Peter... Read more » The post The Orwell Prize 2015 Shortlists announced…
“Is there an Unreported Britain? The democratic deficit and the new contours of want” The Boardroom 309 Regent Street University of Westminster W1B 2HW London United Kingdom On the evening of the 21st of April, the Orwell Prize will be announcing the shortlists for its 2015 prizes at a debate between journalist Stephen Armstrong and... Read more » The post 2015 Shortlist debate and announcement…
Follow the link below for the first article in the Unreported Britain series. The rise of DIY dentistry: Britons doing their own fillings to avoid NHS bill Today marks the launch of the Unreported Britain series. The Orwell Prize, set up in Orwell’s name to focus attention on good writing about political issues – together with the... Read more » The post Unreported Britain series appeared first on…
This year’s Orwell Prize longlist will be announced on this website at noon on Wednesday the 25th of March. It will include the longlisted candidates for the book prize, the journalism prize, and the new prize for ‘exposing Britain’s social evils‘, created in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The post The Orwell Prize Longlist 2015: Announcement appeared first on The Orwell…
For the annual Orwell Lecture, David Kynaston will discuss ‘Whatever Happened to Social Mobility’, on Wednesday 12 November. David Kynaston is a professional historian who has written eighteen books, including the widely acclaimed four-volume The City of London, and the best-selling Austerity Britain. He is an honorary professor at Kingston University. The lecture will begin at 6.30pm. Please...…
The Housing Crisis and the Countryside, ‘Buried by a kind of volcanic eruption from the outer suburbs’ (George Orwell, Coming Up For Air). Thursday 24 July 2014, 2pm-3pm To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of ‘Coming Up for Air’, Orwell Prize director Professor Jean Seaton will chair a panel to discuss the rural and... Read more » The post Buxton Festival 2014: The Housing Crisis…
In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing’s Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every aspect of Chinese life. In an epic of revolution and violence which draws on newly opened party archives, interviews and memoirs,... Read more » The post Frank Dikötter appeared first on…
Aditya Chakrabortty is economics leader writer and columnist for the Guardian. He has previously worked as a senior producer on the BBC Ten o’clock News and on Newsnight. He has also written for the Telegraph, the Financial Times, the FT Magazine, and the New Statesman. Articles submitted The Welfare State, 1942-2013 Obituary: after decades... Read more » The post Aditya Chakrabortty appeared…
In The British Dream, David Goodhart tells the story of post-war immigration and charts a course for its future. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with people from all over the country and a wealth of statistical evidence, he paints a striking picture of how Britain has been transformed by immigration and examines the progress of its ethnic... Read more » The post David Goodhart appeared first on…
