George Orwell

An offbeat and compelling book about Orwell’s amazing sense of smell

Poor marks for a new technology

Alice Funke talks to Allan Gregg about his thoughts on Orwell and the Harper government.

Allan Gregg considers the Harper government’s approach to evidence, reasoning and language in policy and our current political...

Dirty Dancing, a fireworks battle and spying on Muslims

Memo: To: Canadian Olympic athletes Re: Veneration of Dear Leader Harper (lack of same) Action Required: Emulation of Democratic...

It’s not clear who the ’elites’ are, but they sure do make life miserable

It is fitting that Terry Glavin begins his book Come from the Shadows: the Long and Lonely Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan with...

This essay had a huge influence on my thinking when I first read it as an undergraduate. In it, Orwell uses, and admits to...

Amazon’s Kindle deletions sparked a host of questions over e-book rights and privacy