Longing for freedom, the lowly bureaucrat of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith, summons up the courage to write down his unspoken desires in his little secret diary. Serving silently at the ...

3. 1984’s hero – Winston Smith – is deeply flawed The main character, Winston Smith, is not a classic hero. He’s nearly 40, with varicose veins and false teeth, and is a troubled man ...

An accurate but almost unendurably bleak adaptation of George Orwell's novel of the same name, Nineteen Eighty-Four takes a ...

Released to mark 75 years since the author’s death, the reverse or tails design of the Royal Mint coin pays tribute to 1984, a dystopian novel centred around the character of Winston Smith ...