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. [Getty Images] George Orwell is better ... He served as a policeman in Burma, fought in the Spanish Civil War, and pursued careers as a teacher and journalist.

George Orwell is one of the 20th century’s most ... His mother Ida Blair, who was of English descent and raised in Burma, moved to England with him and his elder sister Marjorie Blair, when ...

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 ...

Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” shot to ... from serving as a British officer in Burma to fighting against the fascists in the Spanish civil war.

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 ...