The Orwell Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales, the aim of which is "to perpetuate the achievements of the British writer George Orwell (1903–1950)".[1] The Foundation runs the Orwell Prize, the UK's most prestigious prize for political writing. In addition to the Prizes, the Orwell Foundation also runs free public events, debates and lectures and provides free online resources by and about Orwell. Since 2014, they have also run "Unreported Britain". The Orwell Youth Prize, a separate charity, work with young people aged 12–18 around the UK. The Orwell Youth Prize organises writing workshops for young people and runs a writing prize, culminating in an annual Celebration Day. The foundation is based at University College London, and is a registered charity no. 1161563.
The Orwell Prize, established in 1994, is an annual award recognising and rewarding the books and journalism that come closest to realizing Orwell's ambition to "make political writing into an art". Between 2009 and 2012, a third prize was awarded for blogging, and in 2015, The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils was launched. For more information, including past shortlists and winners, see the separate Orwell Prize page.
Unreported Britainedit
The Foundations "Unreported Britain" initiative was started with the aim of finding stories that are otherwise ignored from communities whose voices are unheard, and giving them platform, profile and leverage.[2]
Lectures and debatesedit
The Orwell Foundation organises free public lectures and debates. There are currently two annual Orwell Lectures: the Orwell Lecture at University College London and, from 2017, the Orwell Lecture in the North at the University of Sheffield.
Previous Orwell Lecturesedit
1989: "Big Brother, Big Sister and Today's Media" – Bruce Kent
2020: "Decolonising the Wonder House: Orwell, Empire and the Museum" - Dr Tristram Hunt
2021: "Politics and the Imagination: Reflection's on Orwell's Inside the Whale" - Ian McEwan
2022: "Wigan, the World and Everywhere In Between: How We Build a Country That Works" - Lisa Nandy MP [1]
Previous Orwell Lecture in the Northedit
2017: "I've read all the academic texts on empathy" – Grayson Perry[10]
Orwell's legacyedit
The foundation also organises events and anniversary celebrations about George Orwell.
As the only website authorised by the Orwell Estate, the foundation also publishes online resources by and about Orwell, which can be read for free here.
Orwell Youth Prizeedit
The Orwell Youth Prize works with young people aged 12–18
Orwell Dailyedit
Orwell Daily is a new way to read one of the world’s greatest writers. It is curated by The Orwell Foundation and comes with an official stamp of approval from the Orwell Estate. It is published on the Substack platform. [11]
Referencesedit
^"About The Orwell Foundation". The Orwell Foundation.
^"Unreported Britain". The Orwell Foundation. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
^":: Michael Rosen - The Website ::". www.michaelrosen.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
^The Orwell Prize (2010-11-29), Orwell Lecture 2010 - Ferdinand Mount: Part 1, retrieved 2017-06-02
^The Orwell Prize (2013-08-15), Christopher Andrew -- The Most Dangerous Moment in British History (1/7), retrieved 2017-06-02
^"The Orwell Lecture 2015". The Orwell Prize. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
^"The age of outrage". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
^icebomb.co.uk, Marc (2017-05-15). "Ruth: Nationalism should not be confused with patriotism - Scottish Conservatives". Scottish Conservatives. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
^"The Orwell Lecture in the North 2017: Grayson Perry", The Orwell Foundation. Accessed 8 January 2017.
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The Orwell Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales the aim of which is to perpetuate the achievements of the British writer George Orwell 1903 1950 1 The Foundation runs the Orwell Prize the UK s most prestigious prize for political writing In addition to the Prizes the Orwell Foundation also runs free public events debates and lectures and provides free online resources by and about Orwell Since 2014 they have also run Unreported Britain The Orwell Youth Prize a separate charity work with young people aged 12 18 around the UK The Orwell Youth Prize organises writing workshops for young people and runs a writing prize culminating in an annual Celebration Day The foundation is based at University College London and is a registered charity no 1161563 Contents 1 Orwell Prize 2 Unreported Britain 3 Lectures and debates 3 1 Previous Orwell Lectures 3 2 Previous Orwell Lecture in the North 4 Orwell s legacy 5 Orwell Youth Prize 6 Orwell Daily 7 References 8 External linksOrwell Prize editMain article Orwell Prize The Orwell Prize established in 1994 is an annual award recognising and rewarding the books and journalism that come closest to realizing Orwell s ambition to make political writing into an art Between 2009 and 2012 a third prize was awarded for blogging and in 2015 The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain s Social Evils was launched For more information including past shortlists and winners see the separate Orwell Prize page Unreported Britain editThe Foundations Unreported Britain initiative was started with the aim of finding stories that are otherwise ignored from communities whose voices are unheard and giving them platform profile and leverage 2 Lectures and debates editThe Orwell Foundation organises free public lectures and debates There are currently two annual Orwell Lectures the Orwell Lecture at University College London and from 2017 the Orwell Lecture in the North at the University of Sheffield Previous Orwell Lectures edit 1989 Big Brother Big Sister and Today s Media Bruce Kent 1990 Must Revolutions Fail Sir Ralf Dahrendorf 1991 Fiction and Agnosticism Penelope Lively 1992 Socialist Values Robin Cook 1993 Changing the Legal Culture Helena Kennedy 1994 But is it Socialism Roy Hattersley 1995 Risk Anthony Giddens 1996 The Ministry of Agriculture The Ministry of Truth Richard Lacey 1997 Inside the Whale the Relationship between the State and the Individual Frank Field 1998 Orwell s little list Peter Davison 1999 The English Problem National Identity and Citizenship Sir Bernard Crick 2000 Nation State and Globalisation Martin Wolf 2001 House of Memory and London s Orbital Motorway Iain Sinclair 2002 Patrick Wright 2003 From Authority to Celebrity Intellectuals in Modern Britain Stefan Collini 2004 Just Law The changing fact of justice and why it matters Helena Kennedy 2005 Projections of the inner I George Orwell s Fiction D J Taylor 2006 Homo Brittanicus Soctophobia and All That Neal Ascherson 2007 The Politics of Response Orwell s contribution to the questions of how we read and what reading is for Michael Rosen 3 2008 The English Andrew O Hagan 2009 More like a castle than a realm Thomas Cromwell s Radical England Hilary Mantel 4 2010 Orwell and the Oligarchs Ferdinand Mount 5 2011 Hacking away at the truth an investigation and its consequences Alan Rusbridger 2012 Secrets of the Cuban Missile Crisis Christopher Andrew 6 2013 Democratising the Middle East A New Role for the West Tariq Ramadan 2014 Whatever Happened to Social Mobility David Kynaston 2015 War Words and Reason Orwell and Thomas Merton on the Crises of Language Dr Rowan Williams 7 2016 The Right to Dissent and the Left too Ian Hislop 8 2017 Orwell with women A L Kennedy 2017 Nationalism should not be confused with patriotism Our Divided Politics Ruth Davidson 9 The Orwell Prize Shortlist Lecture 2018 Unbecoming British Citizenship Migration and the Transformation of Rights into Privileges Kamila Shamsie 2019 How To Predict An Election Daniel Finkelstein 2020 Decolonising the Wonder House Orwell Empire and the Museum Dr Tristram Hunt 2021 Politics and the Imagination Reflection s on Orwell s Inside the Whale Ian McEwan 2022 Wigan the World and Everywhere In Between How We Build a Country That Works Lisa Nandy MP 1 Previous Orwell Lecture in the North edit 2017 I ve read all the academic texts on empathy Grayson Perry 10 Orwell s legacy editThe foundation also organises events and anniversary celebrations about George Orwell As the only website authorised by the Orwell Estate the foundation also publishes online resources by and about Orwell which can be read for free here Orwell Youth Prize editThe Orwell Youth Prize works with young people aged 12 18Orwell Daily editOrwell Daily is a new way to read one of the world s greatest writers It is curated by The Orwell Foundation and comes with an official stamp of approval from the Orwell Estate It is published on the Substack platform 11 References edit About The Orwell Foundation The Orwell Foundation Unreported Britain The Orwell Foundation Retrieved 2022 04 20 Michael Rosen The Website www michaelrosen co uk Retrieved 2017 06 02 The Orwell Prize 2009 11 18 Orwell Lecture 2009 Hilary Mantel Part 1 retrieved 2017 06 02 The Orwell Prize 2010 11 29 Orwell Lecture 2010 Ferdinand Mount Part 1 retrieved 2017 06 02 The Orwell Prize 2013 08 15 Christopher Andrew The Most Dangerous Moment in British History 1 7 retrieved 2017 06 02 The Orwell Lecture 2015 The Orwell Prize 2016 05 20 Retrieved 2017 06 02 The age of outrage www newstatesman com Retrieved 2017 06 02 icebomb co uk Marc 2017 05 15 Ruth Nationalism should not be confused with patriotism Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives Retrieved 2017 06 02 The Orwell Lecture in the North 2017 Grayson Perry The Orwell Foundation Accessed 8 January 2017 Orwell Daily Orwell Foundation External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The 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