Orwell was immersed in the life he lived, loving the small things – planting flowers and vegetables everywhere he lived, making absurd toys for his son Richard. He was a devoted father, and other ...

Shortly before he died George Orwell asked that no one write his biography. Though much of his writing, even fiction, had been autobiographical, he valued privacy most of all the English virtues ...

Karen Waring, Library Manager at Louth Library said: "What an honour it was to meet Richard and hear him talk to his fellow ...