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"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."

Subscribe to Orwell Daily for curated highlights from Orwell's legendary journalism, delivered "on the day": orwell.substack.com/p/every-nati...
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The Orwell Youth Prize gives every UK student the chance to:

✍️ Write creatively and critically, inspired by Orwell
📢 Make their voice and ideas heard
💡 Receive tailored feedback to make their work shine

Our 2026 theme? TRUTH. Find out more: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Entry is now open for the 2026 Orwell Prizes in six categories, with new judging panels revealed.

Thanks to prize sponsors @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social & founding sponsor @politicalquarterly.bsky.social.

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October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"The best books of any one age have always been written from several different viewpoints, some of them palpably more false than others." Politics vs. Literature, October 1946

#Orwell #OrwellQuotes #OrwellDaily

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October 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Orwell's values are a light in the darkness of these troubled times."

We are delighted to welcome Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the US, as our incoming Chair of Trustees.

Read the full story via our website: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
October 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 Teachers & educators!

The Orwell Youth Prize gives students:

✍️ Freedom to write about their world
💡 Individual support to improve
📣 A platform for their ideas
🏆 The chance to win for themselves & their school

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August 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Victoria Amelina's husband, Alex, accepted the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing on her behalf last night.

The £3,000 prize money will support the New York Literary Festival, which Victoria founded in the Ukrainian village of New York. Her work lives on.
June 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Congratulations @jennykleeman.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Journalism! 🎉

"Her writing brings out the humanity of her subjects with emotional intelligence and great sensitivity." - @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social, Chair of Judges

Read more: www.orwellfoundation.com/journalist/j...
June 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness is Simon Murphy, for his work in the Mirror.

Congratulations @simon-murphy.bsky.social, thank you to all our judges and to Reporting Homelessness prize sponsors @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social.
June 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian missile in Ukraine on 1 July 2023, has posthumously won the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing for Looking at Women, Looking at War.

"An unforgettable picture of the human consequences of war." Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges

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June 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is Donal Ryan, for Heart, Be at Peace.

"For its clarity. For its perfectly pitched voices. For its humanity and kindness." - Jim Crace, Chair of Judges

Congratulations, Donal! 🎉

@doubledaybooks.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"My starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice."

George Orwell, real name Eric Blair, was born in India #OTD in 1903.

We're celebrating his legacy tonight at the 2025 #OrwellPrize Ceremony together with year's finalists and judges.

Stay tuned to your telescreens!
June 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“Filled a black hole in official data… and led to change.” – Robert Booth, judge

Katharine Swindell's crucial @insidehousing.bsky.social investigation is shortlisted for our 2025 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness

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www.homelessnessimpact.org/news/kathari...
June 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Should great art excuse monstrous artists? Orwell didn't think so...

Over on our newsletter, the brilliant @helenlewis.bsky.social digs into one of George Orwell's most incendiary essays.

Read on - then join us live in London next week!

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June 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Edward Wong's epic reading list - sparked by his Orwell Prize-shortlisted memoir At the Edge of Empire - takes in Tolstoy, Proust, Joan Didion, Hisham Matar and more.

📚 Browse the books and read @ewong.bsky.social's reflections on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
June 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Sill a few tickets left for tomorrow's shortlist event at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social, Charing Cross!

📚 Mishal Husain & @simonparkin.bsky.social will be in conversation with @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social to discuss their moving, evocative books.

🎟️ Tickets: www.foyles.co.uk/events/orwel...
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"I never tire of solace."

Read @jomcmillan.bsky.social's wide-ranging reading list, sparked by her Orwell Prize-shortlisted novel The Accidental Immigrants. One of these books is not like the others.

From @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-ac...

@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Why do we write? In this joint piece, 12 Orwell Prize finalists tackle Orwell's famous question.

Thank you @literaryhub.bsky.social!

Find out more: lithub.com/making-sense...

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June 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Still a few tickets left for tonight's #OrwellPrize shortlist reading at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower St!

Join Orwell Prize finalists Natasha Brown & Gabriel Gatehouse as we talk about the role of truth, lies, and conspiracy in their brilliant new books.

🎟️ www.waterstones.com/events/orwel...
June 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
From a “handbook for dictators” to our tribal minds, Noah Eaton, author of the gripping Orwell Prize-shortlisted novel The Harrow, shares a mind-bending reading list on what makes us tick.

📚 Browse with @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-ha...

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June 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
What happens when a superstar comes to town, and homeless families are forced out to make room?

Niall Christie's powerful @thirdforcenews.bsky.social story is shortlisted for our 2025 Reporting Homelessness Prize.

Read via @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social: www.homelessnessimpact.org/news/niall-c...
June 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Comprises scenes so vividly rendered that some of them still occur to me daily..."

Star of the Sea is just one of the masterpieces on Donal Ryan's @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social reading list, shaped by his Orwell Prize-shortlisted novel Heart, Be at Peace: uk.bookshop.org/lists/heart-...
June 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
⚽ Tonight at the Orwell Festival!

With the World Cup a year away, @philippeauclair.bsky.social & @migueldelaney.bsky.social dive into the politics of football w/ Matthew Beaumont at The Volley, London.

Can we love the beautiful game and stay true to our values? This one's sold out: see you there!
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From Sylvia Plath’s afterlife to memoirs by Martin Amis and Geoff Dyer, Simon Parkin’s expansive reading list, sparked by his Orwell Prize-shortlisted The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad, explores how we make sense of the past.

📚 Browse on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-fo...
June 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
What do George Gissing, Roland Barthes, Janet Malcolm and The Dinner have in common?

They're all on Natasha Brown’s brilliant reading list, inspired by her Orwell Prize–shortlisted novel Universality!

📚 Read on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/lists/univer...

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June 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM