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Orwell Prize
British prize for political writing
For the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language, see Orwell Award.
The Orwell Prize is a British prize for political writing. The Prize is awarded by The Orwell Foundation, an independent charity (Registered Charity No , formerly "The Orwell Prize") governed by a board of trustees.[1] Four prizes are awarded each year: one each for a fiction (established ) and non-fiction book on politics, one for journalism and one for "Exposing Britain's Social Evils" (established ); between and , a fifth prize was awarded for blogging. In each case, the winner is the short-listed entry which comes closest to George Orwell's own ambition to "make political writing into an art".[2]
In , the Youth Orwell Prize was launched, targeted at school years 9 to 13 in order to "support and inspire a new generation of politically engaged young writers".[3] In , The
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Story of the Day:
Loungers founders cash in shares worth close to £9m: Alex Reilley and Jake Bishop, founders of Loungers, which will begin its life as a plc on Monday morning (29 April), are each cashing in shares worth £m and retaining a % stake worth £13m in the strong business. The company launched its IPO admission document on Wednesday (24 April) with a conditional placing of 41,, ordinary shares at p. As part of the placing, current backer Lion Capital is cashing in shares worth £m and reducing its stake in the company from % to %. Chief executive Nick Collins is selling shares worth £, and retaining a % stake worth £m at the float price. Collins will also receive a one-off discretionary bonus of £m, predominantly in options, to reflect his contribution to the listing process. He will be on a salary of £, Based on the placing price, the market capitalisation and enterprise value of the company on admission will be £m and £m respectively. Previous reports had suggested an e
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Bibliography
Conboy, Martin and Bingham, Adrian. "Bibliography". The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 3: Competition and Disruption, , Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, , pp.
Conboy, M. & Bingham, A. (). Bibliography. In The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 3: Competition and Disruption, (pp. ). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Conboy, M. and Bingham, A. Bibliography. The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 3: Competition and Disruption, . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp.
Conboy, Martin and Bingham, Adrian. "Bibliography" In The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 3: Competition and Disruption, , Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press,
Conboy M, Bingham A. Bibliography. In: The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 3: Competition and Disruption, . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press; p
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