All we see of George Orwell in popular culture is a shallow TV program that uses his sinister theme of "Big Brother". But he was one of the great thinkers of the 20th century, all the greater because worked hard to express his ideas clearly, and because he risked his life for his beliefs - ultimately losing it to illness which he probably picked up ( Read more... )

The Orwell Diaries publishes entries 70 years to the day after the original posts. Also @orwelldiaries.

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