Events Database

53 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Aug 29, 12Words, deeds, and faith in politics
Aug 24, 12Why George Orwell is as relevant today as ever
Aug 22, 12BBC George Orwell statue turned down as 'too left-wing'
Aug 20, 12Harry Potter, Orwell or Dickens: which book would you most like to pass on to your children?
Aug 12, 12Well done, Nick Hornby, but joining the canon takes time
Jul 28, 12Olympic pageant riled the right by showing the reality of new Britain
Jul 27, 12The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism
Jul 16, 12Christopher Hitchens's introduction to George Orwell's diaries is published
Jun 13, 12From Civilization to Big Brother: how a game recreated Orwell's 1984
Jun 2, 12John Mullan's 10 of the best: dates in titles
May 3, 12Where are today's literary nomads?
Apr 24, 121948 by Andy Croft – review
Apr 20, 12Uncle Joe's Mint Balls find literary fame
Apr 14, 12John Mullan's ten of the best: Aprils
Apr 8, 12The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited by Stephen Armstrong – review
Apr 3, 12My top five: Books that make you think
Mar 22, 12Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four forecast for Hollywood remake
Mar 12, 12Literary legends brought to life in publisher's archive
Feb 19, 121984 by George Orwell - review
Feb 17, 12MI5 spied on Charlie Chaplin after FBI asked for help to banish him from US
Jan 27, 12In praise of … JB Priestley
Dec 17, 11How Britain got its patriotism back
Dec 17, 11Christopher Hitchens: a contrarian for whom radicalism was a style
Dec 8, 11What's your perfect pub?
Nov 30, 11Harry Mount's top 10 essays
Nov 20, 11Animal Farm by George Orwell - review
Nov 12, 11Alan Rusbridger delivers the 2011 Orwell lecture – video
Nov 10, 11Hacking away at the truth: Alan Rusbridger's Orwell lecture
Nov 9, 11George Orwell's hot and cold British menu
Nov 5, 11How often we bend true stories into the shapes of familiar fictions
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