George Orwell never fulfilled his wish to visit Huesca when he fought in the Spanish Civil War but nearly 90-years on, his son Richard Blair has made the trip to unveil a statue in honour of his ...

The Spanish Civil War crystallized Orwell’s political thinking. When in December 1936 he arrived in Barcelona to help the Republican cause, he had no grasp of the complexities on the ground.

Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life’ on Eileen O’Shaughnessy, George Orwell’s first wife, and her under appreciated role in his work and life ...

Having read George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia – his fascinating insight into his experiences as a Republican volunteer in the civil war – I had decided to come to the city to see it ...

A memorial honouring men from East Lancashire who volunteered to fight fascism in the 1930s Spanish Civil War has been unveiled in Burnley. ... better known as author George Orwell.

When one side of the Spanish Civil War asked the world for help, a small band of Australian men and women answered the call.

GEORGE ORWELL was about two and a half years older than myself. ... I once inquired how discipline had been maintained in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.

In his essay ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War’ (1943) Orwell wrote: ‘I am willing to believe that history is for the most ...

What George Orwell would say ... out that Putin was the actual dictator who had in reality started the war, ... at the receiving end of Stalinist lies while fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

George Orwell never fulfilled his wish to visit Huesca when he fought in the Spanish Civil War but nearly 90-years on, his son Richard Blair has made the trip to unveil a statue in honour of his ...

The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939, ... Among the names on the list was Eric Blair, better known as author George Orwell.