George Orwell's diaries - as a blog
Read from 1938 to 1942, with each entry added daily, exactly 70 years after Orwell wrote them.
From basic domestic entries, more political views abound as Europe approached the Second World War. that Orwell's son Richard Blair read for the programme. And find out more about the man and his work.
You can also get daily entries from the 17th Century in .