Orwell’s book is not the set piece and tour de force that E. M. Forster’s “A Passage to India” was; but the author, who was born in Bengal and served in the Burmese police, is ...

It is the story of a revolution on a farm and imagines what would happen if animals were in charge, rather than humans. The author, George Orwell, published Animal Farm in 1945. He was inspired by ...

George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, will be celebrated on a new £2 coin design. Released to mark 75 years since the author’s death, the reverse or tails design of the Royal Mint coin ...

Britain’s first animated feature was a long way from Disney. It was an adaptation of George Orwell made at the height of the Cold War and part funded – in secret – by the CIA. Seventy years on, ...

The Royal Mint said the commemorative coin is being released to mark the 75th anniversary of the author’s death ...