Editorial

Boom times for the Orwell Industry: A cause for celebration - by Richard Lance Keeble

Papers

• George Orwell and Somerset Maugham: A comparative study - by Hassan Akram
• BBC transcript found: 'The meaning of scorched earth' - by Darcy Moore

Article

• Eileen, '1984' and Nineteen Eighty-Four - by John Rodden

Interview

• George Orwell Studies book reviews' editor Megan Faragher speaks with D.J. Taylor about his latest book, Orwell: The New Life

Book Reviews

Douglas Kerr on Beasts of England, by Adam Biles; Mir Ali Hosseini on The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War, by Peter Stansky; John Newsinger on The Never End: The Other Orwell, the Cold War, the CIA, MI6 and the Origin of Animal Farm, by John Reed; Richard Lance Keeble on Polymath: The Life and Professions of Dr Alex Comfort, Author of The Joy of Sex, by Eric Laursen; Megan Faragher on George Orwell: The Ethics of Equality, by Peter Brian Barry

Review Essay

• Wifedom: Fundamentally Flawed - by Richard Lance Keeble

And Finally

A new, lively, gossipy column by the appropriately anonymous New Pitcher to intrigue and entertain Orwellians