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.

Among the names on the list was Eric Blair, better known as author George Orwell. He documented his experiences of fighting in the Spanish Civil War in his book Homage to Catalonia. Volunteers ...

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 ...

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

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.

The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between Franco's Nationalists and ... about 4,000 people from Britain and Ireland are thought to have joined the war, including author George Orwell.

"Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac." The English author Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) wrote under ...

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.