Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Orwell too was known to roam, which might be one reason why Solnit’s latest book, “Orwell’s Roses,” is, from its beautiful ...

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That’s what George Orwell would say if he could visit our world, 75 years after he wrote his final novel, "1984." Orwell sought to demonstrate the dangers not just of totalitarianism but of a world ...

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Eric Arthur Blair, famously known as George Orwell is one of the most influential English authors, who is best known for ...

Inspired by George Orwell’s love of gardening, Solnit’s suitably rambling book should appeal to the green-fingered and the politically committed alike The roses are in dire need of pruning. My rambler ...

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Beyond membership in the Pantheon of Famous Brits, Winston Churchill and George Orwell would seem to have little in the way of common ground. Churchill was a politician. Orwell was a journalist and ...

President Obama says he's not Big Brother. The author who created the concept might disagree. Addressing the controversy over widespread government surveillance of telephone records and Internet ...