Celebrating the 80th anniversary of Orwell’s dystopian novella Animal Farm, UCL Special Collections reminds you that we have a treasure trove of the author's historic archives free and open for all to explore. On 17 August 1945, George Orwell published a slim, sharp satire that would become one of the most enduring political fables of the 20th century: Animal Farm . Eighty years later, the book’s message about the corrupting nature of power remains as relevant as ever – and here at UCL, Orwell’