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The Personal is the Political: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Sally Minogue reflects on the connection between the two in George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’.
David Stuart Davies looks at The Way We Live Now
David Stuart Davies considers what many believe to be Anthony Trollope’s greatest work.
Andrew Palmer looks at Animal Farm
Andrew Palmer considers whether George Orwell’s allegorical tale of the Russian revolution may have had an unexpected influence.
The Short Stories of Saki
David Stuart Davies looks at the work H. H. Munro, better known by his pen name of Saki, who is considered one of the great short story writers.
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ and ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ are the two most popular of a quartet of brilliant plays that established Oscar Wilde as one of the great British playwrights. David Stuart Davies takes up the story.
Sally Minogue introduces George Orwell
In January 2021, we publish four seminal works by George Orwell: his fictions, ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’, and his documentary writings, ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’, and ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’. Sally Minogue offers some introductory remarks.
Chills at Christmas
A consideration of spooky tales for the festive season by David Stuart Davies
Mr Orwell dramatised
Part Two: Nineteen Eighty-Four. David Stuart Davies looks at the many adaptations of Orwell’s dystopian classic.
A Strange Idolatry: ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’
Steve Carver looks at ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, Oscar Wilde’s only novel.