Essays

'A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order' One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the nove...

Charles Dickens describes in Night Walks his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, an...

Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, un...