Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali
What did George Orwell, the spartan, no-nonsense socialist, make of the world's most famous (and most egomaniacal) surrealist? Can we really separate the art from the artist? Does morality have anythi...
14 Jan 202349min
Bookshop Memories
Join us as we dust the dead bluebottle flies off the merchandise and throw open the doors of Booklover's Corner, the shop where George Orwell worked part-time for about two years. We chat about weird ...
27 Nov 202246min
Can Socialists be Happy?
Join us as we discuss the 1943 essay in which Orwell brings together politics, pleasure, utopias and talking horses. You heard.
1 Maj 202247min
Boys’ Weeklies
Join us as we discuss the essay that cemented George Orwell's reputation as the godfather of cultural studies. Were these simple tales of japes and horseplay at boarding schools a form of innocent nos...
2 Mars 202253min
A Hanging
Join us as we discuss one of George Orwell's earliest and most famous essays. Is it really about capital punishment? Which view of colonialism is correct, the socialist or the nationalist? Did any of ...
8 Feb 202249min
As I Please 33
Join us as we discuss the morality of bombing civilians during wartime. Was Orwell right in his opinion, or was he just making excuses in order to justify the dirty work that the Allies needed to do t...
27 Jan 202237min
Orwellian Christmas Special!
George Orwell was a doom-saying socialist who loved toyshops and Christmas. Join us as we get merry and discuss the essays "Bare Christmas for the Children" and "As I Please 66", otherwise known as "C...
24 Dec 202150min
