*No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one *

*No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one *

Unfailingly wise and often startlingly prophetic, George Orwell’s essays are masterpieces of plain English prose. This stirring new collection brings together his most cherished pieces with lesser-known gems, ranging over everything from tree planting to living with the atom bomb, sleeping rough to the perils of getting what you want in politics.