In a special conversation with the critic Liesl Schillinger, the award-winning biographer of Orwell, D.J. Taylor, talks about his exploration of the life of this literary colossus, using all the tools of the biographer’s art, including newly-discovered source material, and conversations with the last few contemporaries of Orwell who are still alive.
Featuring a short film by Sahm McGlynn, commissioned for the festival, featuring Waris Ahulwalia and inspired by “A Nice Cup of Tea”