D. J. Taylor

David John Taylor is a British critic, novelist and biographer

What would Orwell be without Nineteen Eighty-Four?

43 min listen

In the first Book Club podcast of the year, we’re marking the moment that George Orwell comes out of copyright. I’m joined by two distinguished Orwellians — D. J. Taylor and Dorian Lynskey — to talk about how the left’s favourite Old Etonian speaks to us now, and how his reputation has weathered. Was he