Daily: Will the real GEORGE ORWELL please stand up? DJ Taylor talks to Dorian Lynskey

<p>Few writers’ words and ideas are abused daily on the Internet as much as George Orwell’s – and now most of his work is out of copyright. On the anniversary of Eric Blair’s death, we present a champion Orwell-off. Dorian Lynskey, author of <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dorian-Lynskey/The-Ministry-of-Truth--A-Biography-of-George-Orwells-1984/24545023" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Ministry Of Truth</em></a><em>,</em> talks to <strong>DJ Taylor</strong>, author of <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/D-J-Taylor/Orwell--The-Life/11521119" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Orwell: The Life</em></a>, about Blair’s underrated works and over-cited quotes, David Bowie’s <em>1984: The Musical</em>, and why Orwell would have baulked at the modern misuse of “Orwellian”.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“Orwell’s life and legend now fit perfectly the roles we’ve created for them.” –&nbsp;DJ Taylor</em></li><li><em>“Words have been so redefined now that ‘Orwellian’ is routinely used as the opposite of everything that Orwell stood for.” – DJ Taylor</em></li><li><em>“Orwell was an imperfect man of his time, and very good at dramatising his own life.” – DJ Taylor</em></li><li><em>“Orwell hated writing film reviews so much that he paid his friend Inez Holden to go and watch the plays for him.” – DJ Taylor</em></li><li><em>“Anthony Powell used to say ‘How George would have loved to be a poet killed in the war…’.”&nbsp;– DJ Taylor</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>