What is Newspeak? Why is Airstrip One so dirty? These are the main questions tackled in this episode, which also considers Orwell’s views on politics and language.

7. Dirtying the Sex Instinct: Nineteen Eighty-Four Part I, Chapter 6

A podcast featuring chapter-by-chapter and topic-led commentaries on George Orwell’s novels &amp; non-fiction. 

Aimed at school students &amp; university undergraduates. Made by Dr Nathan Waddell, University of Birmingham, UK.

Text versions of all episodes available at https://drnjwaddell.co.uk/reading-orwell.