The year 2003 marks the centennial of author George Orwell’s birth ... he served for five years with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. In 1936 he signed on with the Left-wing Republican ...

Of course there is no real George Orwell – it was the pen name of Eric ... Radio 4 will take you on a journey from Burma via Catalonia, Wigan, Jura, Manor Farm along the road that led to ...

George Orwell’s political thinking was dramatically shaped while fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Thanks to the influence of the Soviet Union, the Republican side spent a lot of time fighting ...

George Woodcock,Mulk Raj Anand,George Orwell,William Empson, Herbert Read & Edmund Blunden Orwell's essay 'Shooting an Elephant' was published in 1936 Eric Blair worked in Burma as an Imperial ...

Orwell's essay 'Shooting an Elephant' was published in 1936 Eric Blair worked in Burma as an Imperial Policemen from 1922-27. Shortly after his marriage to Eileen in 1936, Orwell volunteered to ...