Nathan Waddell

When we think about George Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who – between puffs on his cigarette – composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned but explosive. We see a man with Important Things to Say: about the slow creep of authoritarianism; the consequences of all-seeing tech; the fragility of truth. Much less often do...

A pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life. A clever, offbeat history of mid-century Britain through George Orwell’s eyes. — Helen Lewis When we think about Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who – between puffs on his cigarette – composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned but explosive. We see a...