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Launched in 2011, orwellsociety.com exists to support and promote the work of the newly established Orwell Society. The society has been set up to create a means by which anyone can become better acquainted with, and share their appreciation for, the life and work of George Orwell. Those joining the society have exclusive access to the discussion forum on this site – and will be invited to the AGM, at which a talk in Orwell’s honour will be given, as well as to other events the society succeeds in organising over the coming months and years. Full details of joining can be found above.



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1984 showing at Keble O’Reilly – 08-11 May 2013

May 7, 2013

In honour of the 110th anniversary of Orwell’s birth, Rough-Hewn & Screw the Looking Glass bring George Orwell’s classic dystopian nightmare to the stage at Keble College, Oxford. The play has been adapted by Matthew Dunster. It will be showing from 08-11 May 2013 at 7:30pm. Tickets for 1984 are …
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Orwell Week – weighing up the prophet

January 28, 2013

So, we didn’t only have Orwell Day we ended up having Orwell Week too – and a veritable embarrassment of riches about the man and his work, including a few rare extracts that helped remind us that, when it comes to discussions about his legacy, sometimes it’s best just to let Eric Blair speak up on his own behalf. That’s certainly a governing rationale with Radio 4’s The Real George Orwell season, which began simply enough with a useful batch of new adaptations, including Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia.
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Orwell – the protoblogger

January 26, 2013

Orwell would have been at home in the blogosphere. Indeed, he might even be considered a protoblogger. Take a look at those 80 wonderful ‘As I Please’ columns he contributed to Tribune between 1943 and 1947 and see the amazingly close relationship he instinctively established with his readers…
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Shooting an Elephant, word-cloud

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