https://owlbadger.com/tags/biography/Recent content in Biography on OwlBadgerHugoen-ukSat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://owlbadger.com/posts/2026-07-25-taylor-orwell/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://owlbadger.com/posts/2026-07-25-taylor-orwell/<p>This book was a recent purchase, bought only a couple of weeks before reading. After being deep in Orwell-land for the last month, I felt I had to read a biography. This was recommended in various places as one of the best. I knew nothing of D.J. Taylor before ordering this book, but he is apparently a well-respected journalist, novelist, and writer. He’s a self-confessed Orwell obsessive, coming back repeatedly to the same subject. This book is a 2019 rewrite of his original 2003 biography. Several new collections of correspondence, particularly between Orwell and various girlfriends, have come to light in the intervening years, shedding new light on Orwell the man, and particularly his romantic life.</p>