D. J. Taylor, literary critic, novelist and Whitbread Prize-winning author of the definitive Orwell: The Life and its highly acclaimed sequel The New Life, and Masha Karp, Orwell scholar, former Russian features editor at the BBC World Service and author of George Orwell and Russia, join the Slightly Foxed team at the kitchen table in Hoxton Square to take a fresh and deeply personal look at the life and work of George Orwell. 

The man who wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four defies categorization. In this quarter’s literary podcast David and Masha sift through newly discovered stashes of letters written by Orwell in the 1930s, and share personal recollections from his adopted son Richard and other living members of his inner circle to tease out fact from fiction and explore the legacy of Orwell’s life and work. 

We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.

The Nightmare of Room 101, Christopher Rush on George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Issue 69

Betrayals, Christopher Rush on George Orwell, Animal Farm, Issue 65

An Extraordinary Ordinary Bloke, Brandon Robshaw on George Orwell, Essays, Issue 56

Pox Britanica, Sue Gee on George Orwell, Burmese Days, Issue 40

All Washed Up, Christopher Robbins on George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Issue 21

The Road to Room 101, Gordon Bowker on George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Issue 11

Readers’ Day 2023 

Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major by Bach

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