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Richard Horatio Blair (born 14 May 1944) is a British trustee and patron who is the only (adopted) son of English author George Orwell. Life and works. Blair was adopted by Eileen and Eric Blair (George Orwell), and after their deaths, lived with Avril Dunn (née Blair, Orwell's sister, his legal guardian) and Bill Dunn.
Mar 22, 2017 · Eric Arthur Blair, who took the name George Orwell to avoid embarrassing his family by sleeping rough during research, died in January 1950 at just 46. He had adopted Richard six years...
Jul 6, 2016 · Gavin Freeguard, trustee of the Orwell Youth Prize, interviews Richard Blair, George Orwell's son.
Jun 30, 2023 · Richard Blair was speaking on the 120th anniversary of the writer's birth. He was adopted by Eric Blair - better known by his pen name of George Orwell.
Mar 25, 2009 · Most Orwell readers know that he and Eileen adopted a son, Richard. And that’s about all they know of Richard Blair (George Orwell was the pseudonym of Eric Blair), who has kept his silence...
Oct 27, 2011 · I’m so pleased to have come across this after hearing Richard on a Radio 4 programme about the Orwell BBC statue. I wanted to know more about him, hoping that he’d had a happy life after being orphaned so young.
The Common Toad: A Reading. 16th February 2021 by Richard Blair. George Orwell’s son Richard Blair and great grandson Archie Blair introduce and read Orwell’s 1946 eulogy for the coming of spring, Some Thoughts on the Common Toad. “a toad has about the most beautiful eye of any living creature.
