George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm ... Coin artist Henry Gray created what appears to be an eye but is a camera lens at the centre of the design. The quote “Big Brother is watching ...

Credit: Aaron Tam / AFP via Getty Images Saying George Orwell's 1984 is my favorite book is like saying Star Wars is my favorite movie franchise. It would be more accurate to call them obsessions.

George Orwell ... depicted in 1984 is, ultimately, “an impassioned defence of human rights”, says Prof David Dwan. A self-proclaimed democratic socialist and a humanist, Orwell was among ...