If you’ve done powerful work this year, or know someone who has, The Orwell Journalism Prizes are where it should be recognised. Enter for free on The Orwell Foundation website by 31 March 2026: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p... @prospectmagazine.co.uk @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social

“Words matter. Truth matters." #Orwell & Truth is now open at NYU's Kimmel Windows, LaGuardia Place in Greenwich Village. On view through December 1, 2026. Free and open to the public. Curated with The Orwell Foundation and @ucl.ac.uk, home of the Orwell Archive. youtu.be/QJR7fErLVzk

Calling all early-career reporters! Enter The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness and help change the conversation around homelessness for good. Deadline 31 March 2026. Find out more: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p... @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social

If you’ve done powerful work this year, or know someone who has, The Orwell Journalism Prizes are where it should be recognised. Enter for free on The Orwell Foundation website by 31 March 2026: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p... @prospectmagazine.co.uk @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social

"Tolerance and decency are deeply rooted in England, but they are not indestructible, and they have to be kept alive by conscious effort." - George Orwell's Proposed Preface to Animal Farm

The IAS has been the home of The Orwell Foundation at UCL since we arrived in 2016. Together, we've hosted brilliant scholars and run countless events "Orwellian" themes, from surveillance technology to poverty and Empire. We will always be grateful for the team & community for making us welcome.

The curious tale of Kafka’s reception in China (placed beside Orwell’s), my first for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social, engelsbergideas.com/essays/kafka... cc @orwellprize.bsky.social @wwborders.bsky.social @chowleen.bsky.social @bdralyuk.bsky.social

Our @theconversation.com piece discusses how Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening in the world today. theconversation.com/how-george-o... @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @jwassers.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @harvard.edu

"Orwell’s world is fiction, but some want it to become reality." - @anneapplebaum.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

A year & a day ago, I joined 2 writers I admire, D.J. Taylor & Sandra Newman, at an @orwellprize.bsky.social event on Orwell 75 years after his death www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f... --if held now, the event would surely have had more on geopolitics www.the-independent.com/news/world/g...

"Orwell never wanted to be sentimental about nature, or about the seasons. But he did think that seasonal cycles tell us important things about our dreams, complicating our myths of power and control." Read @drnjwaddell.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-january...

The cup that cheers.

How do you make the perfect cup of tea? ☕️ George Orwell had strong opinions, even during rationing. In 1946, with just 2 oz of tea a week, he insisted: “One strong cup of tea is better than 20 weak ones.” Read A Nice Cup of Tea ↓ orwell.substack.com/p/all-true-t...

A vital read for anyone thinking of entering the #OrwellPrize for Reporting Homelessness. Lígia Teixeira reviews England's new Plan to End Homelessness & the changes needed to make it work: www.homelessnessimpact.org/news/a-promi... @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social #Homelessness #Journalism

"The message from across the Atlantic... is clear: Europe is going to have to learn to look after itself." The Orwell Foundation's incoming Chair of Trustees, Sir Kim Darroch, was in the pages of The Observer this Sunday. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

“George Orwell would be relieved at how we’ve done.” Great to see Steven Pinker’s Orwell Lecture featured in @thetimes.com. He traces how the world has changed since 1984 was written & argues that Winston Smith’s faith in humanity ultimately holds true. Read here: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Welcome on board, James! 🫡 James's new book, LOST BOYS, is a personal journey through the "manosphere" - which could be a great way into this year's Youth Prize theme... HIRED, his investigation into low-wage Britain, was longlisted for The Orwell Prize in 2019! @atlanticbooks.bsky.social

Thinking of volunteering with The Orwell Youth Prize? We have a new training slot, next Tuesday 2 December, 4-5pm. Email [email protected] for more info!

✏️ Volunteer with The Orwell Youth Prize! We are always looking for experienced writers and educators to join our brilliant volunteers - and there’s still time to sign up for our training sessions tomorrow (1-2pm GMT) and Wednesday (2-3pm GMT). Find out more: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y...

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The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals to volunteer as Readers for the Orwell Youth Prize. Help give young people without strong academic support networks the chance for constructive advice on their writing.

Very excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 @orwellprize.bsky.social in Political Writing, chaired by Rohan Silva, alongside Katie Prescott, Sam Bowman and Lawrence Freedman. Looking forward to reading and discussing—get your submissions in now! www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-p...

"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...

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...

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. Find out more: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Richard Blair, Orwell's son, in action on Islay, as we launch the 2026 Orwell Youth Prize!

"To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden... has created the world’s first double-bound book: a special unreadable edition of George Orwell’s 1984." lbbonline.com/news/George-... #Orwell #BannedBooks @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social

"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 orwell.substack.com

The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals to volunteer as Readers for the Orwell Youth Prize. Help give young people without strong academic support networks the chance for constructive advice on their writing.

"Our society is not only so arranged that if you have money you can buy luxuries with it. After all, that is what money is for. It is also so arranged that if you don’t have money you pay for it at every hour of the day with petty humiliations and totally unnecessary discomforts..." 6 October 1944

"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...

"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...

Big congratulations to Kim Darroch on his appointment as new Chair of @orwellprize.bsky.social. Kim takes over from Ken Macdonald who has been a superb Chair over the last decade. www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

Volunteer as a Reader for the Orwell Youth Prize! The @orwellprize.bsky.social is looking for experienced professionals across publishing, literature, academia, civil society (and more) to provide personalised feedback as part of their judging process.

"Fairly much a leftist, George Orwell is a defender of freedom, even though most of the time he violently disagrees with the people beside whom he is fighting." - Allene Talmey for Vogue, 15 September 1946

It's always a good time to read Notes on Nationalism! Thanks for sharing @samanthaasumadu.substack.com.

"It all made such shockingly perfect sense." With Animal Farm turning 80, we asked some friends of the Foundation to share their first encounters. Our thanks (and an extra helping of apples) to all who took part! orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...

Isn't this a brilliant read...and there's so much more to come. Thank you. @orwellprize.bsky.social @theguardian.com @jomcmillan.bsky.social @waterstonesoxf.bsky.social orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad...

📢 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 Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and resources 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/the-...

Animal Farm at Eighty “I took it out of the library, and read it quietly, in bed, under the covers.” On the 80th anniversary of its publication, read my first encounter with Orwell’s Animal Farm: orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-mad... @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social

"We need Animal Farm by our side more than ever now." Read Richard Blair, George Orwell's son, on eighty years of Animal Farm. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

"War not only shatters linear stories but also destroys those writing them." Julian Evans for the Royal Literary Fund on Ukraine’s writers at war, and the life and death of Victoria Amelina - winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. www.rlf.org.uk/posts/ukrain...

"In this country we are not troubled by lack of water. If anything we have too much of it, especially on Bank Holidays. As a result water hardly enters into our consciousness." - George Orwell, #OTD 1944

📰 In this month’s Orwell News: The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils returns for 2026, supported by @prospectmagazine.co.uk Meet the 2025 Orwell Youth Prize winners! Sam Hill in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: Can we all belong? 👉 orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/journalism...

"We lack not only a clear sense of who we are, but we are also devoid of policy which makes Britain feel fairer... and which dignifies those that come to this country in search of a new life." politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/can-we-... Sam Taylor Hill from @orwellprize.bsky.social

ICYMI, the winners of @orwellprize.bsky.social have been announced: fivebooks.com/books/the-or...

Thanks to the Orwell Foundation for a fantastic awards ceremony; to the judges for choosing The Accidental Immigrants as a finalist; to every writer there for deciding to write about things that matter. And many congrats to Donal Ryan. Cheers! @orwellprize.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

We're thrilled to be awarding The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils again in 2026, sponsored by @prospectmagazine.co.uk. This prize - for social reporting that shines a light on injustice and drives public understanding of complex issues - will open for entries in November.

Prospect is delighted to announce we will become the sponsor of the @orwellprize.bsky.social for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils! This new sponsorship reflects Prospect’s commitment to supporting fearless reporting that shines a light on injustice. www.prospectmagazine...

Donal Ryan speaks to @rte.ie on his 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction win - for Heart, Be at Peace "When you write about ordinary people and ordinary lives, or so-called ordinary people... it is going to have political resonance." @doubledayuk.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/ireland...