Orwell News

Meet the Judges for The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils 2026

The social reporting prize returns, sponsored by Prospect Magazine | Deadline Tuesday 31 March

Mar 5 • The Orwell Foundation

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February 2026

A new chapter at The Orwell Foundation

Plus: "Orwell and Truth" in New York

Feb 19 • The Orwell Foundation

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January 2026

Meet the Judges for The Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness 2026

Entries invited from early career journalists by the deadline of 31 March

Jan 16 • The Orwell Foundation

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December 2025

“History is full of surprises, occasionally pleasant ones, so all prophecies are fallible.”

Steven Pinker delivers the 2025 Orwell Lecture

Dec 11, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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November 2025

Meet the Judges for The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2026

"Fiction may be the best way we have of walking in someone else’s shoes."

Nov 28, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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1984 and 2025: Inside the Orwell Lecture with Steven Pinker

4 December, Southbank Centre, London: Book now, Friends go free

Nov 13, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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Truth takes centre stage as the Orwell Youth Prize launches in Scotland

"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."

Nov 6, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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October 2025

Orwell Prizes open for entries, judging panels announced

"The Orwell Prize stands by the belief that political writing is both an art and a vital public service."

Oct 28, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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Steven Pinker to deliver The Orwell Lecture 2025

Book now: Friends go free

Oct 23, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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September 2025

Kim Darroch, former British ambassador to the United States, to join The Orwell Foundation as new Chair of Trustees

"Orwell’s values and principles, above all his commitment to truth, are a light in the darkness of these troubled times."

Sep 18, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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August 2025

"It all made such shockingly perfect sense." Animal Farm at 80

Friends of the Foundation recall their first encounters with George Orwell's masterpiece

Aug 15, 2025

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July 2025

“Journalism that refuses to look away”: Prospect to sponsor The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils

The prize, last awarded in 2023, will re-open for entries this Autumn

Jul 16, 2025 • The Orwell Foundation

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