The Orwell Foundation exists to perpetuate the achievements of the British writer George Orwell (1903-1950). In a relatively brief career, cut short by illness, Orwell wrote six novels, two of which, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), have had a profound influence on the post-war world. As well as believing in the moral power of language, Orwell understood the dangers that accompany its corruption. His work transcends the circumstances in which it was conceived and is uniquely relevant to the social, political and economic landscapes of the twenty-first century. Whether through the prestigious Orwell Prizes for political writing or our growing programme of events, lectures and publications, our aim is to connect with the different constituencies to whom Orwell and his writings are a source of inspiration, from policy-makers and politicians to students and schoolchildren, and to offer a platform for debate and discussion for widest possible public audience.
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I found Wigan Pier taught me more than the others. We still live in the shadow of WW1, Leninism, and the collapse of the British Empire. Wigan Pier is full of humour and winks to your better nature.
Richard Horatio Blair was born on May 14, 1944. Happy 80th Mr. Blair.
Its Orwellian that our leading satirist is involved in a conspiracy to protect the reputation of Thatcher.
Last year a woman who lives in my neighbourhood near downtown Montreal shows me a 1st edition of 1984 that she found in someone's belongings. I immediately was thrilled to have it in my hands and wondered if she would let me read it. Sadly, the only thing of concern for her was not reading it but how much she could get for it. I never saw it again.
This is the essay I have read at this time every year since I discovered it in the closing years of last century. It reminds me of the importance of nature and the need to resist tyranny. Orwell at his insightful, illustrative and inspiring best. The mention of 'lockdown' in the notes is fitting. The single, most criminal act ever perpetrated. There was no tentative emergence from lockdown for me because I never locked-down. I never wore a mask and have not had any of the experimental mRNA injections.
Does anyone know how Richard Blair spent his life?
That’s my friends dad
Arctic sea ice extent 29th December 2023 - 13.90 million square kilometres 2022 - 13.13 million square kilometres 2021 - 13.40 million square kilometres 2020 - 13.30 million square kilometres 2019 - 13.39 million square kilometres 2018 - 13.00 million square kilometres 2017 - 12.73 million square kilometres 2016 - 13.07 million square kilometres 2015 - 13.28 million square kilometres 2014 - 13.53 million square kilometres 2013 - 13.32 million square kilometres 2012 - 13.51 million square kilometres 2011 - 13.80 million square kilometres 2010 - 13.18 million square kilometres 2009 - 13.65 million square kilometres As one can see 2023 ‘the hottest year on record’ saw the highest Arctic sea ice extent since at least 2009 or does anyone dispute these figures published on an official United States meteorological agency website and can be easily verified ?.
Clueless centrist empty vessel
My left ear loved this.
Your left ear.. as in only having headphones/earphone over one ear? (Just random curiosity as that's what I most often do, to be able to hear my surroundings and such)
Hislop does honour to Orwell with humour. Thank you UCLTV
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Orwell would be very proud of him indeed. ❤
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Typical Monbiot lending his name to promoting the scaremongering 'climate crisis' agenda. He and a whole load of other 'disciples' of this cerazy overblown theory will look pretty silly when the FACTS really hit them and destroy their hysteria.
The Murderer of Princess Diana is Ian Winch Henry Rapist Pedophile and Murder for MI5/6 and CIA member outside contractor was the one on the Motor Bike that Trevor Reece Jones mentioned came alongside the car and caused the Murder read on for motives and who was in the two white vans, Brian mackenzie Blairs advisor to laws Son Robert Murdered Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed as part of a gang from the Northeast, Dave Stewart who was in the Ritz Hotel on the Night of the Murder Gang stalking Princess Diana was seen on the CCTV footage in the reception talking to Henry Paul before running up the stairs and Ian Henry who's father got off with the murder of Angus Sibbett The One Armed Bandit Murder 1967 covered up by Sir Billy Blair, Sir Ian Blair, Lord John Stevens and Lord Brian Mackenzie peerages for murders and Inspector Michael Hafferty who is related to the Murder Stan Henry the ring leader through his sister In law June, Stan Henry went on to murder Ilene MacDougal better known as the Torso In The Tank Murder South Shields 1977 that Dave Stewart took part in for fame and fortune it was an initiation into the Blue Lodge of Scottish Freemasonry known as the Duncan Rite of Passage the other murders are Bill Duncan so called worthy master laughable and his brother Alan Duncan two second fix joiners and former pitmen, also George Tully, who's son Grant who is also a murder with the help of his father they murdered Nigel Minto a young student at Sunderland University I know that for a fact as they arranged for me to be living in the flat downstairs to Nigel Minto they tried to break into my bedroom as it was next to a communal passage of the ground floor, both Nigel and Myself had seen the old mark 10 royal blue jaguar that was hidden in the garage at the back of the house at 40 Roker Park Rd Sunderland owned by the Tully family, after the murder of Ilene MacDougal The Torso In The Tank, they murdered Princess Diana to get off with those murders they then went on to murder Jill Dando who was closing In on the Murders who also had a side line providing child prostitutes for members of Parliament when visiting Fullwell Infants School Sunderland where abducted children were taken to be schooled so as to make it easy for those scum to access, Alistair Darlings favourite place to rape children, as the brothel a private house they use when in the area is only half a mile away from the school at Stan Henry and his son Ian's mansion West House 4 Boldon lane East Boldon South Tyneside England UK, I know all this for sure because my cousin In Law had a meeting with Jill Dando and Doctor kelly about Children abducted for my Loins By Pop Star pedophiles lennox and Stewart who also stole children from me since I was 15, Dave Stewart worked as a finder and groomer and pimp for Ian Jenkins, Alistair Darlings head Ponce and the Jimmy Savile of Sunderland and Newcastle Gosforth where Ian Jenkins now lives having been thrown out of Sunderland for arranging the murder of Alistair Darling's boyfriend Gerard Harford I was their the night Alistair darling and Chris Mullen Alan Millburn and David and Edward Miliband sacrificed Gerard Harford his body was found in the River wear, the murders also Included Terence Duffy and Alan Arthur Millican, who also murdered Mrs Morrison by throwing her off the Alexander Bridge, they went on to help in the murder of 16 children and 1 teacher from Dunblane School, Alistair, Tony and Gordon's pedophile rings favourite stop off on the way to Alistair Darlings home these scum, rent boys masquerading as politicians should be brought to justice Operation Hydrant was doing just that before they murdered Jill Dando, now I have been left fighting these scum and their murders on my own because of Masonic malpractice they are still getting away with murder, Brian Mackenzie murder my Son who he pretended was his Grand Son, his son Robert arranged the murder by creating a fake motor bike accident opposite the Ramside Hall, County Durham, Janet Mackenzie divorced Robert she knew they murdered princess Diana and her son our son a son I did not know I had, they made sure I did after they murdered him by running him off the road using the same white vans used in the murders of Princess Diane and Dodi Al fayed, Jill Dando and Doctor kelly, the same white vans were used in the murder of Peter Gowling they were also stalking him in jesmond as the police report will also confirm, He was the son in law of the Murder Stan Henry and wanted out, after they set him up for a Cocaine deal in Ireland where he was sent with their money to by Cocaine he was arrested in the Airport in Ireland, he was shot in the head with a pellet gun by Russell Bonnelie and Ian Henry big time drug dealers and informers for the police from the North East who planned with the help of Brian Mackenzie and Chief Inspector Hafferty all the murders after 1977 The Torso In The Tank the motive for Ian Henry to arrange and carry out the murders via Russell Bonelies gang Patrick Terence Thompson, Gary Pern, Albert harding, Jeff Verell, Robert mackenzie, Norman Massey and Grant Tully who's father was also took part in the murder of Ilene MacDougal the reason Grant Tully took part, arrest all these scum and you will do the world a big favour they brag about snuff movies they made of the murders and say no one can touch us because of Lord Brian Mackenzie and Lord Alistair darling and Sir Billy Blair, Tony Blair, Cherie Blair and Chief Inspector Hafferty and CID Peter Constantine who also abducted a child from me, they have covered it all up and even Mrs Blair stole a child from me by deception, Katherine is my daughter who they tried to murder in 2005 with Sleeping tablets her mother was very disappointed that she survived Sir Billy Blair put a 70 year press ban on all the murders and stopped the investigations into his family connection to all the murders by arranging the murders and cover ups he is now living in Hong Kong as a Deputy judge having married the Chinese Ambassadors daughter who arranged the theft of another child of mine via a cantonese beggar gang woman who pretended she was vulnerable so that I would take her into my home she said her ex husband is a heroin and Cocaine and meth dealer Mark Forrester from Jarrow part of the David Chang Beggar gang from Newcastle Upon Tyne, David Chang a Mason works for the murder and drug king pin Stan Henry who also arranged for the theft of my daughter Katherine Blair and my Son with the help of a woman who said she could not get pregnant she is 42 years old May Hua He Forrester she tried to murder me by poisoning so I cannot go to her house to see my son Hari and she got help to get a passport and a flat of her own, 3 years later i find out she was back with her husband the heroin, Meth and Cocaine dealer Mark Forrester who's son has been in prison for dealing heroin, and the local labour party have helped her target me for favours fast track passports and council homes for her and her family.
"Orwell's Roses" by Rebecca Solnit is an interesting read.
I read "The Same Man," which covers both lives, and their brief meeting. Excellent to find this online...
Is the New Forest in danger of deforestation.
Coming up for air is a very enjoyable read but seldom gets a mention whenever Orwell is being discussed.
Peter Hitchens is an idiot. Why would you ever invite this clown to speak?
Did George get the award for being responsible for the greatest advancement of humanity towards Orwell's 1984?
How is this not horrifying story about Jacintha Buddicom not mainstream not only would this be an indictment on the then 16 year old Eric Blairs character but would also scandalise the country that did not legally recognise "the crime of which he is accused" until 1956
Remember when these types were mostly on the street corners wearing the, "The End is Near" signs? Front and back collecting change in their , End is near, black little buckets. Ah, the good old days. Now the left and academia seeks them out, calls 'em science guys and are paidfor propagandists with our precious tax dollars. You gotta laugh.
Extinction-Level Event The Era of honest scientific studies is dead. It died by political grant. These paid for productions are right up there with the Salem witch climate crisis or don't fall off the earth flat earthers. You'd think being wrong 100% of the time would bring at least a pause , a question, But no....... Shame on you Oddly the cure for what ever flavor of todays climate crisis happens to be is always the same, more taxes , wealth redistribution and liberty lost
ZERO, Co 2 a trace gas, statistically it's amt is so small you'd be correct to say there is none in our atmosphere. The oceans produce nearly all of that trace (0.00036 by vol) Amt. If it were a planet warmer, logic would dictate you'd look there first. But no one looks there at all. Nope it's solely man and cow farts responsible, even though we produce trace amts of the tiny trace amt. What then should become apparent is this ain't about global warming. It's paidfor political propaganda, seeking more taxes, wealth re-distribution and liberties lost. Tipping buckets, heating jars, phoney factoid charts are all war ning signs of the rabid fraud contained in all these political paid for productions. Why would anyone use such presentations like tippy shit, hot jars and these phoney charts? If it's global warming let's compare worlds. One with nearly 100% co2 atmosphere, say Mars . Certainly th is will make warming predictions easy as pie, no need to be wrong 100% of the time, like now. Mars well It's over heated to -80 to -200 on average. Toasty. If were at a " tipping pt " it's we're about to wipe out all plant life by starving them of their life sustaining co2. So that a few politicians have trillions to spend and more control of your life
In the 50s the consensus was of course the ice age was here. The consensus cure was to cover the poles In coal dust. "The evidence in support of these predictions [global cooling] has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard-pressed to keep up with it.” The Cooling World“A study release last month by two NOAA scientists that the amount of sunshine reaching the ground in the continental U.S. diminished by 1.3% between 1964 and 1972.” The Cooling World“Telltale signs are everywhere...the thickness of the pack ice...the southward migration of warmth-loving creatures like the armadillo...” Another Ice Age?“Since the 1940s the mean global temperature has dropped about 2.7 degrees.” Another Ice Age?“The threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind,” The Ice Age Cometh!
• “The Earth’s Cooling Climate,” Science News, November 15, 1969.• “Colder Winters Held Dawn of New Ice Age,” Washington Post, January 11, 1970.• “Science: Another Ice Age?” Time Magazine, June 24, 1974.• “The Ice Age Cometh!” Science News, March 1, 1975.• “The Cooling World,” Newsweek, April 28, 1975.• “Scientists Ask Why World Climate is Changing; Major Cooling May Be Ahead,” New York Times, May 21, 1975.• “In the Grip of a New Ice Age?” International Wildlife July-August, 1975.• “A Major Cooling Widely Considered to Be Inevitable,” New York Times, September 14, 1975.• “Variations in the Earth’s Orbit, Pacemaker of the Ice Ages,” Science magazine, December 10, 1976.
George hinted towards the beginning about agriculture, but didn’t drive the point home. It’s animal agriculture that’s the problem. It uses 83% of ag land. We could easily rewild, save water, stop ecosystem destruction and habitat loss, species extinction, etc., if we all chose to adopt, to the greatest extent possible, a plant based diet, preferably 100%. Everyone in the audience, if they are serious about wanting to do something, could do that today, right now. Everything else is just inspiring babble and possibility pontification.
The ag land used is not arable. You can't use 90% of land used for grazing animals for crops. This is why that land is used for cattle. Find yourself a cattle rancher and learn a few things. No cattle rancher in Canada would put cattle on pasture land that could be tilled for wheat.
In South-West Ontario, some of the best Ag land in the world, 70% of all grain grown goes to animal feed. Globally, 30% of Ag land is not suitable for anything other than pasture (but presumably could be reverted to the wild.)
Were it not for KZread, I might never had heard of Ian Hislop. Born - by no fault of my own - in the U.S., I am so impressed with Mr. Hislop and with his seemingly tireless work toward a world of light and sight. Thank you, UCLTV and The Orwell Foundation for this timely presentation. It is 3 August 2023, and Ian Hislop's observations and thinking apply every day, as do those of George Orwell. Thank you, Ian Hislop.
If you search their names, there's a brilliant conversation between Ian Hislop and Jon Stewart on KZread.
The Orwell Lecture 2016: Ian Hislop 20.12.23 not the right to be decent, then? damn!!!!! wrong lecture...where is this? where am i? a hospital? you put decent people in hospital due to their innate desire to shout: no war!! down with this...and that. oh, dissent. i think Hislop took the Orwellian line, first class, not travelling with those plebs. here here!!! say i. and at least his mate "didn't give him one". what a relief...... as we see on his deathbed old Hislop will produce a list of pointless monikers naming names, damming decent dissenters. like Hitler...Mussolini...Lenin did begore him. it was the man with the suits fault. so says the glorious leader last seen looking distressed, bedecked in woolly jumper and faded denim................
Comments on ‘The Orwell Lecture 2016: Ian Hislop’ 0447am 27.12.23 wow he's american? i thought he was bornin scotland...?
The ingrained middle class English anti American bigotry in me is extremely touched that you feel the need to add it’s not your fault you’re American 😂 I’ve really got on with almost all the Americans I’ve known but it’s still stubbornly there
Hello from the future. Yes they have. They’ve delegated all of their critical thinking to politically aligned “news” organizations who have exploited big data and the human manipulation tactics to target the weak minded and emotionally compromised. Is it democracy if a party requires uninformed voters in order to win?
Orwells prize for journalism then promotes Huxley's Brave new world a dystopian society where evevrything you think feel or do is in a pill they give to you. 😂😂😂
Great discussion. I do feel George should expand on the role of larger grazers, rooters , browsers, and carnivores in what is needed for true rewilding. Also think of how these roled are different in different climates. Wetlands are the best but you cannot easily make wetlands in dry climates (except maybe the okavango).
Orwell was pure sleaze.
what do you mean by that?
I mean he was pure sleaze,@@pierrecalmels6982
However much you ramble, George, you are so inspiring... I could listen for hours. Thank you 🙏
Fudge puncher hates boris
He sounds drunk.
I can't understand a word he's saying.
Cohen is a vile commie and now he's been cancelled for inappropriate activity. What a suprise.
Dear God, if i didnt look at the date on this video, I would have thought it was released yesterday. It is the greatest tragedy of the century that no one listened to Peter Hitchens at the time. In this speech, they were laughing at him. No one is laughing now.
Animal farm is one of my favourite books. 1984 was a prophecy.
Throughout this series of videos, the interviewer talks too much and interrupts Richard Blair far too often.
I worry that Orwell would have recognised George Monniot as Big Brother
Has George Mobiot ever made a profit (he seems to dislike profit )? What houses has he bought (seems to dislike big houses that the rich buy) . How many mafia crimes in Freeport's has he reported to police or.customs (must be numerous?).
Man of wisdom. 13 years on and we still have the same issue. 13 years of the Conservative part on power. They have added to the cultural and demographic revolution occurring here.
Did unwell George Orwell's T.B. get 1,984 times worse because of a Voodoo curse that cast his young bride Sonia as his live-in nurse?
Thanks for this. Orwell taught me how to be honest and how to prepare tea. Love from Mississippi, USA.
And you taught me how to spell Mississippi thank you!
We need more leftish activism to make journalism great again.
Leftism by Erik Von Kuenneldt Leddihn explains perfectly the black void at the heart of this movement